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De - Pt| English Dictionary: exposure' | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Exposure \Ex*po"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. | |
