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 Definitions of Exposure  [ɪkˈspoʊ ʒər]  

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Definition of 'Exposure' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) exposure
the act of exposing.

2.  exposure
the state of being exposed.

3.  exposure
disclosure, as of something private or secret.

4.  exposure
an act or instance of revealing:
exposure of graft.

5.  exposure
presentation to view:
His exposure of his anger shocked the company.

6.  exposure
a laying open to the action or influence of something:
exposure to measles.

7.  exposure
the condition of being exposed without protection to the effects of harsh weather:
suffering from exposure.

8.  exposure
the act of presenting a photosensitive surface to light.

9.  exposure
a photographic image produced.

10.  exposure
the total amount of light received.

11.  exposure
situation with regard to sunlight or wind:
a southern exposure.

12.  exposure
something exposed:
rock exposures.

13.  exposure
public appearance, esp. on the mass media.

Etymology:  (1595–1605)

Definition of 'Exposure' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) 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. (noun) exposure
the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
"she denounced the exposure of children to pornography"

3. (noun) exposure
the disclosure of something secret
"they feared exposure of their campaign plans"

4. (noun) exposure
aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces
"the studio had a northern exposure"

5. (noun) vulnerability, exposure
the state of being vulnerable or exposed
"his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule"

6. (noun) exposure
the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate
"he used the wrong exposure"

7. (noun) photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

8. (noun) exposure
the act of exposing film to light

9. (noun) exposure
presentation to view in an open or public manner
"the exposure of his anger was shocking"

10. (noun) exposure
abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)


Definition of 'Exposure' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) exposure
the act or state of being unprotected
a long exposure to intense heat; exposure to cigarette smoke

2.  exposure
the act of revealing secret information
the exposure of his illegal dealings

3.  exposure
the act of giving sb a positive experience
children's exposure to art and music

4.  exposure
a medical condition resulting from being outside in extreme weather
She was found that night, suffering from exposure.


Definition of 'Exposure' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Exposure
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) Exposure
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) Exposure
position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc

4. (noun) Exposure
the exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light


Translation of 'Exposure' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (an) act of exposing or state of being exposed
Prolonged exposure of the skin to hot sun can be harmful.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: blootstelling Arabic flag Arabic: تَعَرُّض ، تَعْريض Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: излагане
Brazilian flag Brazilian: exposição Czech flag Czech: vystavování German flag German: das Aussetzen
Danish flag Danish: udsættelse; eksponering Greek flag Greek: έκθεση, αποκάλυψη Spanish flag Spanish: exposición
Estonian flag Estonian: kaitseta jätmine Farsi flag Farsi: قرارگیری در معرض چیزی Finnish flag Finnish: altistus
French flag French: exposition Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֲשִיפָה Hindi flag Hindi: रहस्योदघाटन, भण्डाफोड़
Croatian flag Croatian: izlaganje Hungarian flag Hungarian: kitettség Indonesian flag Indonesian: pengungkapan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skjólleysi Italian flag Italian: esposizione Japanese flag Japanese: さらすこと
Korean flag Korean: 노출 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (iš)statymas, neapsaugoji Latvian flag Latvian: pakļaušana (saules, vēja
Malay flag Malay: pendedahan Dutch flag Dutch: blootstelling, ontmaskeri Norwegian flag Norwegian: detå være utsatt for
Polish flag Polish: wystawienie, ekspozycja Persian flag Persian: قرارگیری در معرض چیزی Pashto flag Pashto: د يوه شى په مقابل كى كيښو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: revelação/exposição Romanian flag Romanian: expu­nere Russian flag Russian: подвергать внешнему возде
Slovak flag Slovak: vystavovanie Slovenian flag Slovenian: izpostavljanje Serbian flag Serbian: izlaganje
Swedish flag Swedish: utsättande, exponering Thai flag Thai: การเปิดเผย Turkish flag Turkish: maruz kalma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 曝露 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: виставляння Urdu flag Urdu: انکشاف
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hành động phơi bày Chinese flag Chinese: 暴露,曝光

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