"exposure" in the noun sense
1. exposure
vulnerability to the elements to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
"exposure to the weather"
"they died from exposure"
2. exposure
the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
"she denounced the exposure of children to pornography"
3. exposure
the disclosure of something secret
"they feared exposure of their campaign plans"
4. exposure
aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces
"the studio had a northern exposure"
5. vulnerability, exposure
the state of being vulnerable or exposed
"his vulnerability to litigation"
"his exposure to ridicule"
6. exposure
the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate
"he used the wrong exposure"
7. photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
8. exposure
the act of exposing film to light
9. exposure
presentation to view in an open or public manner
"the exposure of his anger was shocking"
10. exposure
abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)
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