exposure Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain;
- exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure
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noun the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
- she denounced the exposure of children to pornography
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noun the disclosure of something secret
- they feared exposure of their campaign plans
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noun aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces
- the studio had a northern exposure
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noun the state of being vulnerable or exposed
vulnerability.
- his vulnerability to litigation
- his exposure to ridicule
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noun the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate
- he used the wrong exposure
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noun a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
photo; photograph; pic; picture.
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noun the act of exposing film to light
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noun presentation to view in an open or public manner
- the exposure of his anger was shocking
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noun abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)
WordNet
Ex*po"sure noun
Etymology
FromDefinitions
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The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt. The exposure of Fuller . . . put an end to the practices of that vile tribe. Macaulay.
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The state of being exposed or laid open or bare; openness to danger; accessibility to anything that may affect, especially detrimentally; as, .exposure to observation, to cold to inconvenienceWhen we have our naked frailties hid, That suffer in exposure. Shak.
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Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc. "Under a southern exposure. Evelyn.The best exposure of the two for woodcocks. Sir. W. Scott.
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(Photog.) The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.