Definitions for exposure
ɪkˈspoʊ ʒərex·po·sure

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. exposurenoun

   vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain

   "exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure";

2. exposurenoun

   the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience

   "she denounced the exposure of children to pornography"

3. exposurenoun

   the disclosure of something secret

   "they feared exposure of their campaign plans"

4. exposurenoun

   aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces

   "the studio had a northern exposure"

5. vulnerability, exposurenoun

   the state of being vulnerable or exposed

   "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule"

6. exposurenoun

   the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate

   "he used the wrong exposure"

7. photograph, photo, exposure, picture, picnoun

   a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

8. exposurenoun

   the act of exposing film to light

9. exposurenoun

   presentation to view in an open or public manner

   "the exposure of his anger was shocking"

10. exposurenoun

    abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exposurenoun

   The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.

2. exposurenoun

   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.

3. exposurenoun

   Lack of protection from weather or the elements.

   The vagrant died of exposure.

4. exposurenoun

   An instance of taking a photograph.

5. exposurenoun

   The piece of film exposed to light.

6. exposurenoun

   Details of the time and f-number used.

7. exposurenoun

   The amount of sun, wind etc. experienced by a particular site.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exposurenoun

   Etymology: from expose.

   1. The act of exposing or setting out to observation.2. The state of being open to observation.

   When we have our naked frailties hid,
   That suffer in exposure, let us meet. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   3. The state of being exposed, or being liable to any thing.

   Determine on some course,
   More than a wild exposure to each chance
   That starts i’ th’ way before thee. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   4. The state of being in danger.

   Ajax sets Thersites
   To match us in comparisons with dirt;
   To weaken and discredit our exposure,
   How hard soever rounded in with danger. William Shakespeare.

   5. Exposition; the situation in which the sun or air is received.

   The cold now advancing, set such plants as will not endure the house, in pots two or three inches lower than the surface of some bed, under a southern exposure. John Evelyn.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exposure

   Exposure refers to the state of being subjected to or coming into contact with something, such as risk, danger, harm, or elements in certain environments. It can also refer to the act of revealing or uncovering, or making something visible or known. In photography, exposure is the amount of light per unit area reaching a photographic film or electronic image sensor.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Exposurenoun

   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

2. Exposurenoun

   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

3. Exposurenoun

   position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc

4. Exposurenoun

   the exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light

5. Etymology: [From Expose.]

WikidataRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Exposure

   In photography, exposure is the amount of light allowed to fall on each area unit of a photographic medium during the process of taking a photograph. Exposure is measured in lux seconds, and can be computed from exposure value and scene luminance in a specified region. In photographic jargon, an exposure generally refers to a single shutter cycle. For example: a long exposure refers to a single, protracted shutter cycle to capture enough low-intensity light, whereas a multiple exposure involves a series of relatively brief shutter cycles; effectively layering a series of photographs in one image. For the same film speed, the accumulated photometric exposure should be similar in both cases.

Matched Categories

1. • Danger
   • Disclosure
   • Influence
   • Light Unit
   • Photography
   • Presentation
   • View

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'exposure' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3938

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'exposure' in Nouns Frequency: #1604

How to pronounce exposure?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of exposure in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of exposure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of exposure in a Sentence

1. Harvey Kaufman:

   The health impacts of lead poisoning on IQ, behavior, and brain development are irreversible, but lead exposure is preventable.

2. Ilia Karatsoreos:

   As most of us know, reading on tablets, checking emails on phones, or watching late night TV are a chronic issue, and unfortunately become part of our pre-sleep habits, so while this study seems to argue a single exposure to a tablet does not have a major effect on sleep if one was also exposed to bright light beforehand, it does n’t really address what has become a common ritual for so many of us.

3. Maria Van Kerkhove:

   All of our guidance that was out before we did that press conference was about limiting exposure to people and to prevent transmission, particularly in health care settings.

4. Vanguard Group:

   The addition of China A-shares ... will provide investors with more complete exposure to a key emerging economy and the second-largest stock market in the world by market cap.

5. Anna Callan:

   Because cadmium is present in so many food types, there is no simple way to reduce dietary exposure, the best advice is to follow a balanced and varied diet and to eat low-fat dairy foods as a source of calcium to help build strong bones.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=exposure
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Exposure
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=exposure
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exposure
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=exposure