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ex·po·sure  audio  (k-spzhr) KEY  

NOUN:
  1. The act or an instance of exposing, as:
    1. An act of subjecting or an instance of being subjected to an action or an influence: their first exposure to big city life.
    2. Appearance in public or in the mass media: an actor with much recent exposure in television.
    3. Revelation, especially of crime or guilt: exposure of graft in county government.
    4. The act of presenting a body part, especially the genitals, to view: indecent exposure.
  2. The condition of being exposed, especially to severe weather or other forces of nature: was hospitalized for the effects of exposure.
  3. A position in relation to climatic or weather conditions or points of the compass: Our house has a southern exposure.
    1. The act of exposing sensitized photographic film or plate.
    2. A photographic plate or a piece of film so exposed.
    3. The amount of radiant energy needed to expose a photographic film.



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