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multiple exposures

multiple exposures is the plural of multiple exposure.

Meaning of multiple exposure

Noun

multiple exposure (plural multiple exposures)

  1. A photograph produced by exposing film or some other photosensitive surface to focused light more than one time, usually by opening and closing a camera shutter repeatedly, thereby generating a picture consisting of superimposed images.
    • ECLIPSE IN NEW YORK — this multiple exposure shows stages of the solar eclipse, starting at top left, as seen in New York City Monday afternoon.1972 July 11, "Eclipse in New York (photo caption)," Victoria Advocate (Texas, USA), p. 1 (retrieved 11 Aug. 2011)
  2. The process of producing such a photograph.
    • Mr. Telberg-von-Teleheim's method is that of multiple exposure, either in the camera when taking the picture, or in the enlarger when making the print.1948 September 26, Jacob Deschin, “Two Kinds of Work: Mental ‘Views’ Contrasted With Pictures of Fact”, in New York Times, page X13

Questions about multiple exposures

What is multiple exposures the plural of?
Multiple exposures is the plural of multiple exposure.

Words near multiple exposures in the dictionary

  1. multiple dispatches
  2. multiple evanescent white dot syndrome
  3. multiple expansion
  4. multiple expansions
  5. multiple exposure
  6. multiple exposures
  7. multiple fruit
  8. multiple fruits
  9. multiple inheritance
  10. multiple intelligences
  11. multiple level

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