Exposure

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1. Noun

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.

2. Noun

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.

3. Noun

Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc.

4. Noun

The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.

5. Noun

the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans"
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare

6. Noun

the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; "he used the wrong exposure"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science

7. Noun

the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science

8. Noun

the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience; "she denounced the exposure of children to pornography"
Vocabulary classified under Philosophy
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