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exposure

noun /ɪkspoʊʒər/ 3 syllables 8 letters Scrabble 17 WWF 19
Definitions
noun

the state of being vulnerable or exposed

“his exposure to ridicule”

noun

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

“exposure to the weather”

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a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

noun

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

noun

aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces

“the studio had a northern exposure”

noun

presentation to view in an open or public manner

“the exposure of his anger was shocking”

noun

the act of exposing film to light

noun

the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience

“she denounced the exposure of children to pornography”

noun

the disclosure of something secret

“they feared exposure of their campaign plans”

noun

the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate

“he used the wrong exposure”

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