Definition of Overexposure

1. Noun. The act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time.

Generic synonyms: Exposure
Derivative terms: Overexpose

2. Noun. The act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience. "An overexposure to violence on television"
Generic synonyms: Exposure
Derivative terms: Overexpose

Definition of Overexposure

1. Noun. Excessive exposure. ¹

2. Noun. Of a famous person, excessive publicity, publication or reporting regarding that person. ¹

3. Noun. (photography) Exposure of film to light during the development process for a longer time than is required to accurately produce the image. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overexposure

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overexposure

overexplain
overexplained
overexplaining
overexplains
overexplanatory
overexplicit
overexploit
overexploitation
overexploited
overexploiting
overexploits
overexpose
overexposed
overexposes
overexposing
overexposure (current term)
overexposures
overexpress
overexpressed
overexpresses
overexpressing
overexpression
overexquisite
overextend
overextended
overextending
overextends
overextension
overextensions
overextraction

Literary usage of Overexposure

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Science and Practice of Photography: An Elementary Textbook on the by John Ransom Roebuck (1918)
"Period of overexposure.—This includes the upper curved portion as far as the highest point, that is from b to f in Fig. 6. As in the part ca, the slope here ..."

2. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1901)
"The observations of Janssen, as published in the Comptes Rendus for 1880 and 1881, showed that the reversal of the negative produced by overexposure was of ..."

3. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1906)
"For overexposure increase the proportion of A; for extreme cases treble the quantity of A, and add an equal bulk of water and one dram of 10 per cent, ..."

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