exposure
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪkˈspoʊ.ʒɚ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪkˈspəʉ.ʒə(ɹ)/
Noun
exposure (countable and uncountable, plural exposures)
- (uncountable) The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.
- Limit your exposure to harsh chemicals. Get as much exposure to a new language as you can.
- 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
- The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
- (uncountable) Lack of protection from weather or the elements.
- 1993, Paul Chadwick, The Ugly Boy, Dark Horse Books:
- As all of you know, a great tragedy occurred yesterday. Arthur Harcourt died of exposure sometimes in the morning in the woods off Mount Tom Road.
- The act of exposing something, such as a scandal.
- The act or condition of being at risk of financial losses.
- (countable, uncountable) That part which is facing or exposed to something, e.g. the sun, weather, sky, or a view.
- They rented a cabin with a beautiful southern exposure.
- (photography) An instance of taking a photograph.
- (photography) The piece of film exposed to light.
- (photography) Details of the time and f-number used.
- (horticulture) The amount of sun, wind etc. experienced by a particular site.
Derived terms
- antiexposure
- autoexposure
- chemoexposure
- coexposure
- cryoexposure
- double exposure
- double-exposure
- exposure meter
- exposure therapy
- exposure time
- exposure treatment
- formation exposure time
- hyperexposure
- indecent exposure
- inexposure
- mere exposure effect
- multiexposure
- multiple-exposure
- multiple exposure
- nonexposure
- overexposure
- photoexposure
- postexposure
- post-exposure prophylaxis
- preexposure
- pre-exposure prophylaxis
- reexposure
- time exposure
- time-exposure
- underexposure
Translations
the condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected
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the act of exposing something
that part which is facing or exposed to something, e.g. the sun, weather, sky, or a view
lack of protection
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taking a photograph
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film exposed
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time & f-number
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gardening: the amount of sun, wind etc. experienced by a particular site
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