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EXPOSURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
Example:
she denounced the exposure of children to pornography
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("exposure" is a kind of...):
influence (causing something without any direct or apparent effort)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exposure"):
overexposure (the act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience)
underexposure (inadequate publicity)
Derivation:
expose (expose or make accessible to some action or influence)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("exposure" is a kind of...):
abandonment; desertion; forsaking (the act of giving something up)
Derivation:
expose (abandon by leaving out in the open air)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Presentation to view in an open or public manner
Example:
the exposure of his anger was shocking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("exposure" is a kind of...):
demonstration; presentation; presentment (a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exposure"):
debunking; repudiation (the exposure of falseness or pretensions)
Derivation:
expose (reveal to view as by removing a cover)
expose (to show, make visible or apparent)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The act of exposing film to light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("exposure" is a kind of...):
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exposure"):
overexposure (the act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time)
underexposure (the act of exposing film to too little light or for too short a time)
time exposure (exposure of a film for a relatively long time (more than half a second))
Derivation:
expose (expose to light, of photographic film)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
Synonyms:
exposure; photo; photograph; pic; picture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("exposure" is a kind of...):
representation (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exposure"):
photocopy (a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work)
stock image; stock photograph (an exisitng photograph licensed for a specific use)
photographic print; print (a printed picture produced from a photographic negative)
photomicrograph (a photograph taken with the help of a microscope)
radiogram; radiograph; shadowgraph; skiagram; skiagraph (a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays))
shot; snap; snapshot (an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera)
spectrogram; spectrograph (a photographic record of a spectrum)
stereo; stereoscopic photograph; stereoscopic picture (two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together)
still (a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes))
telephoto; telephotograph (a photograph made with a telephoto lens)
telephotograph (a photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distance)
time exposure (a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time)
vignette (a photograph whose edges shade off gradually)
wedding picture (photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding)
scene; shot (a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film)
beefcake (a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire)
black and white; monochrome (a black-and-white photograph or slide)
blueprint (photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.)
cheesecake (a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire)
closeup (a photograph taken at close range)
daguerreotype (a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor)
blowup; enlargement; magnification (a photographic print that has been enlarged)
frame (a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film)
glossy (a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper)
headshot (a photograph of a person's head)
hologram; holograph (the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography)
longshot (a photograph taken from a distance)
microdot (photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security))
arial mosaic; mosaic; photomosaic (arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture)
mug shot; mugshot (a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records))
Sense 6
Meaning:
Vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
Example:
they died from exposure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("exposure" is a kind of...):
vulnerability (susceptibility to injury or attack)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exposure"):
wind exposure; windage (exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance))
solarisation; solarization (exposure to the rays of the sun)
Derivation:
expose (expose or make accessible to some action or influence)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces
Example:
the studio had a northern exposure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("exposure" is a kind of...):
aspect; panorama; prospect; scene; view; vista (the visual percept of a region)
Sense 8
Meaning:
The disclosure of something secret
Example:
they feared exposure of their campaign plans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("exposure" is a kind of...):
disclosure; revealing; revelation (the speech act of making something evident)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exposure"):
expose; unmasking (the exposure of an impostor or a fraud)
muckraking (the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures))
Derivation:
expose (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret)
Sense 9
Meaning:
The intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate
Example:
he used the wrong exposure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("exposure" is a kind of...):
light unit (a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation)
Derivation:
expose (expose to light, of photographic film)
Sense 10
Meaning:
The state of being vulnerable or exposed
Example:
his exposure to ridicule
Synonyms:
exposure; vulnerability
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("exposure" is a kind of...):
danger (the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury)
Derivation:
expose (put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position)
Context examples:
Symptoms usually appear 2 to 21 days after exposure.
(Genetics of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak, NIH)
This new model allowed scientists to evaluate the effects of Proxima B's possible orbits and likely exposure to radiation and solar flares from its red dwarf sun on two types of atmospheres.
(Simulations show planet orbiting Proxima Centauri could have liquid water, Wikinews)
In general, grasslands resisted the effects of global change for the first decade of exposure.
(Environmental change is triggering an identity switch in grasslands, National Science Foundation)
He added: 'And as we did not include indoor air pollution and workplace exposure in our analysis, the real effect may be even greater.'
(Air Pollution Can Trigger Glaucoma, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
ACDM may placed over wounds to aid as a substitute for skin when necessary such as for surgical reconstruction or for protection against wound exposure and breakdown and wound infection.
(Acellular Cadaveric Dermal Matrix, NCI Thesaurus)
Regard for my sister's credit and feelings prevented any public exposure; but I wrote to Mr. Wickham, who left the place immediately, and Mrs. Younge was of course removed from her charge.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Acute exposure to its vapors results in irritation of the eyes, skin, and respiratory tract.
(Acetaldehyde, NCI Thesaurus)
Exposure to high levels can damage the brain and kidneys.
(Mercury, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)
Exposure to N-Nitrosodi-n-butylamine irritates the skin and eyes and may damage the liver and kidneys.
(N-Nitrosodiethanolamine, NCI Thesaurus)
Carcinogenic in single-dose experiments and following pre-natal exposure, it is used in experimental research to induce tumors at different sites by oral administration and other routes.
(N-nitroso-N-methylurethane, NCI Thesaurus)
