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Definition of exposure

Exposure
Exposure Ex*po"sure (?;135), n. [From Expose.] 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. ``Under a southern exposure.' --Evelyn. The best exposure of the two for woodcocks. --Sir. W. Scott. 4. (Photog.) The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.

Meaning of exposure from wikipedia

- Look up exposure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Exposure or Exposures may refer to: Exposure (film), a 1932 American film Exposure, another name...
- Northern Exposure is an American Northern comedy-drama television series about the eccentric residents of a fictional small town in Alaska that ran on...
- Indecent exposure is the deliberate public exposure by a person of a portion of their body in a manner contrary to local standards of appropriate behavior...
- The mere-exposure effect is a psychological phenomenon by which people tend to develop liking or disliking for things merely because they are familiar...
- In photography, exposure is the amount of light per unit area reaching a frame of photographic film or the surface of an electronic image sensor. It is...
- In radiometry, radiant exposure or fluence is the radiant energy received by a surface per unit area, or equivalently the irradiance of a surface, integrated...
- cinematography, a multiple exposure is the superimposition of two or more exposures to create a single image, and double exposure has a corresponding meaning...
- Exposure factor (EF) is the subjective, potential percentage of loss to a specific ****et if a specific threat is realized. The exposure factor is a subjective...
- Radiation exposure is a measure of the ionization of air due to ionizing radiation from photons. It is defined as the electric charge freed by such radiation...
- Exposure therapy is a technique in behavior therapy to treat anxiety disorders. Exposure therapy involves exposing the patient to the anxiety source or...