exposure

/ɪkspˈoʊʒɝ/

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Noun
vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain; "exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure";
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the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience; "she denounced the exposure of children to pornography"
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the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans"
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aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces; "the studio had a northern exposure"
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the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule"
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the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; "he used the wrong exposure"
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a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
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the act of exposing film to light
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presentation to view in an open or public manner; "the exposure of his anger was shocking"
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abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)