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Noun: time exposure  tIm ik'spow-zhu(r)
  1. Exposure of a film for a relatively long time (more than half a second)
    "The photographer used a time exposure to capture the movement of stars across the night sky"
     
  2. A photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time
    "The photographer used a time exposure to capture the streaks of car lights on the busy highway at night"

Derived forms: time exposures

Type of: exposure, photo, photograph, pic [informal], piccy [informal], picture

Encyclopedia: Time exposure