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double printing

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noun

  1. photog the exposure of the same positive photographic emulsion to two or more negatives, resulting in the superimposition of multiple images after development

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The scientific man can explain away the vision as a matter of the technique of double exposure, double printing, trick-turning, or stopping down.

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel

That, to an experienced photographer, shows the double printing.

From One Day's Courtship by Barr, Robert

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