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