double exposure

American  

noun

Photography.

1. the act of exposing the same film, frame, plate, etc., twice.

2. the picture resulting from such exposure.

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double exposure British  

noun

1. the act or process of recording two superimposed images on a photographic medium, usually done intentionally to produce a special effect

2. the photograph resulting from such an act

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Etymology

Origin of double exposure

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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double exposure

Insurers who have this double exposure earn income from their shares and interest on their loans to the funds, but can take deeper losses if enough of the loans in the fund default at once.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

"For Europe it's double exposure: exposure to what America might do and then what China will do in response."

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025

Ray was evidently entranced by her: His photographs include a double exposure, reminiscent of Picasso’s cubist portraits, in which her profile view overlaps with a frontal view.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2021

Mr. Khumalo often makes use of double exposure in his pictures of beaches, mine dumps and motorways, which intimate the ghostly inheritances of the South African landscape.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2020

In one sent me by a gentleman resident at Finsbury Park, which is a very impressive specimen of its kind, the fact of a double exposure is obvious to the least experienced in dark-room matters.

From Occultism and Common-Sense by Willson, Beckles