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UK
/ɛkspˈəʊʒɐ/
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[ US /ɪkˈspoʊʒɝ/ ]
[ US /ɪkˈspoʊʒɝ/ ]
NOUN
- the act of exposing film to light
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aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces
the studio had a northern exposure -
vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
they died from exposure
exposure to the weather -
the disclosure of something secret
they feared exposure of their campaign plans - abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)
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presentation to view in an open or public manner
the exposure of his anger was shocking -
the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
she denounced the exposure of children to pornography - a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
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the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate
he used the wrong exposure -
the state of being vulnerable or exposed
his vulnerability to litigation
his exposure to ridicule
How To Use exposure In A Sentence
- Protection of skin from light exposure, photo-allergen avoidance, topical corticosteroids, oral nicotinamide, vitamine B complex and antihistamines were effective in most cases.
- After a long, tedious sail, during which I was subjected to every discomfort, and exposure to the weather, as well as jeers and insults that effervesced from a corrupt heart, where they had been concealed for so many years, we reached a spot near enough to the land to discover a cluster of orange trees and a cabin. Bond and Free: A Tale of the South
- Analytical Research and Technology (University of Liège, Belgique), show that exposure to chlordecone (also named Kepone), an organochlorine chemical with well defined estrogenic properties used in the French West Indies until 1993, is associated to a significant increased risk of prostate cancer. RedOrbit News - Technology
- Such aggregations not only promote transmission of micro-organisms but through repeated exposure allow large doses of these.
- HIV-positive Pedro Zamora from the San Francisco season, for example, put a face to the stigmatized disease of AIDS and did a world of good with his exposure -- even getting the recognition of then-president Bill Clinton. Ryan O'Connell: Auditioning for the Real World Is Too Real
- The results showed that cumulative OP exposure from about two-dozen foods often exceeded a child's acceptable Reference Dose (RfD).
- And so it remains reasonably fresh in 2003, if only as a result of its continuing underexposure. Globe and Mail
- A non-conductor can be charged by induction by exposure to an electrostatic field that is present on a surface charged with static electricity.
- The international investment bank has warned investors of the potential risk exposure arising from equities.
- Sample sites are located within recent quarry exposures, drainage and road cuttings.
