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

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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

One is a double exposure depicting the front and side of her face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 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

In one, from 1979, titled “James Baldwin in Setting Sun Over Harlem,” Smith, using double exposure, overlays very faintly a photo she took of Baldwin onto a skyscape of light-shot dark clouds.

From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023

I'm inclined to agree with Captain Hardin of Blue Book—the photographer just fouled up on his double exposure.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.