Exposure

Ex`po´sure

n.	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. The best exposure of the two for woodcocks. - Sir. W. Scott.
	4.	(Photog.) The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.

Noun	1.	exposure - vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain; "exposure to the weather" or "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 re light or wind; "the studio had a northern exposure"
	5.	exposure - the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule" Synonyms: vulnerability
	6.	exposure - the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; "he used the wrong exposure"
	7.	exposure - a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material Synonyms: photo, photograph, pic
	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 as infant out in the open)

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