ikˈspōzhə(r), ek- noun
( -s )
Etymology: expose + -ure
1. : an act of exposing, laying open, or setting forth: as
a. : disclosure to view : display
skillful exposure of goods in a store window
her exposure of a shapely leg
b.
(1) : a disclosure especially of a weakness or something shameful or criminal : unmasking
continued his exposure of electoral frauds
the battle was finally won with the exposure of the Tory commissioner as a grafter — Current Biography
also : the condition of being unmasked or shown up
he feared exposure above all else
(2) : presentation , exposition
a dispassionate exposure of fundamental passions of any time and any place — T.S.Eliot
how terrifying an exposure he was making of the emptiness of life without belief — F.O.Matthiessen
suites were considered too heavy for exposure in the concert hall — Roland Gelatt
c. : an act of abandoning (as an infant) especially in the open
reject all regulation of the birth rate by infanticide, exposure , … or any other means — H.E.Barnes & Howard Becker
d.
(1) : the act of exposing a sensitized photographic material
(2) : a section of a film for an individual picture
a roll containing eight exposures
(3) : the total amount of light or other radiant energy received per unit area on the sensitized material — usually expressed for cameras in terms of the time and the lens f -number
an exposure of 1/50 second at f /8
e. : an act of subjecting to an experience or influence
denounced exposure of children to such corrupting literature
2.
a. : a condition or an instance of being laid bare or exposed to view
particularly striking … are the picturesque exposures of the somber banded clays — Earth Science Digest
d. : a condition of being exposed to danger or loss : liability or accessibility to something that may affect detrimentally
exposure to infection
: risk , vulnerability
insurable under a policy having less exposure — Charles Ray
exposure to sudden attack by the enemy
specifically : the condition of being exposed to the elements
she died as a result of exposure suffered after a shipwreck — American Guide Series: Maine
the work is hard … and exposure is part of the routine — E.P.Hohman
c. : a condition or an instance of being subjected to an experience or influence
long exposure to the temperature of boiling water — J.B.Conant
the permanent effects of his early exposure to Catholicism — William Troy
wearily cynical from years of exposure to human misery — New York Times
d. : a position with respect to the points of compass or to climatic or weather influences
a kitchen with a western exposure
3. : something (as a bed of mineral material) exposed to view
thousands of exposures of many different kinds of rock have been examined — W.E.Swinton
4. : the product of the flux density of radiation falling upon a surface by the time during which the surface is exposed to the radiation