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English Dictionary: exposure	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for exposure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exposure n vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain; "exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure"; the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience; "she denounced the exposure of children to pornography" the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans" aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces; "the studio had a northern exposure" the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule" Synonym(s): vulnerability, exposure the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; "he used the wrong exposure" a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material Synonym(s): photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic the act of exposing film to light presentation to view in an open or public manner; "the exposure of his anger was shocking" abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exposure \Expo"sure\ (?;135), n. [From {Expose}.] 1. 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. 2. 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 inconvenience. When we have our naked frailties hid, That suffer in exposure. --Shak. 3. Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc. [bd]Under a southern exposure.[b8] --Evelyn. The best exposure of the two for woodcocks. --Sir. W. Scott. 4. (Photog.) The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.