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Overexposure

Overexpose \O`ver*ex*pose"\, v. t. To expose excessively; specif. (Photog.), to subject (a plate or film) too long to the light used in producing a picture. -- O`ver*ex*po"sure, n.

Wiktionary
overexposure

n. 1 Excessive exposure. 2 Of a famous person, excessive publicity, publication or reporting regarding that person. 3 (context photography English) Exposure of film to light during the development process for a longer time than is required to accurately produce the image.

WordNet
overexposure
  1. n. the act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time

  2. the act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience; "an overexposure to violence on televsion"

Usage examples of "overexposure".

Whatever genetic changes had occurred to cause this seemed due to overexposure to amplified Flux on World.

Among the many symptoms associated with overexposure are blindness, insomnia, kidney failure, hearing loss, cancer, palsies, and convulsions.

In fact, Midgley knew only too well the perils of lead poisoning: he had himself been made seriously ill from overexposure a few months earlier and now, except when reassuring journalists, never went near the stuff if he could help it.

I was just one more patient, suffering from nitrous oxide poisoning and overexposure to radiation through being out of armor for over an hour before being retrieved, plus broken ribs and a knock in the head which had put me out of action.

But now I was just one more patient, suffering from nitrous oxide poisoning and overexposure to radiation through being out of armor for over an hour before being retrieved, plus broken ribs and a knock on the head which had put me out of action.

The current belief that all mental processes are unconscious is so obviously contrary to experience that it can be regarded simply as a symptom of the metaphysical miasma induced by overexposure to scientific materialism.

Only Chow Winkler, formerly a Texas ranch cook, suffered from overexposure to his special Western dishes.

Hours from now, the four of them would be found frozen in the snow, apparent victims of overexposure and hypothermia.

His already lined face, wrinkled by overexposure to the tropical sun, creased up further with disapproval.

If there were an error or an overexposure then a re-shoot would have to be done.

Another toggle, color-coded blue, opened the protective iris shutter of the TV camera lens, which had been kept closed to protect the supersensitive vidicon transmitting tube from overexposure to sunlight.