exposure

ex·po·sure  (k-spzhr)

n.

1. The act or an instance of exposing, as:

a. An act of subjecting or an instance of being subjected to an action or an influence: their first exposure to big city life.

b. Appearance in public or in the mass media: an actor with much recent exposure in television.

c. Revelation, especially of crime or guilt: exposure of graft in county government.

d. 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.

4.

a. The act of exposing sensitized photographic film or plate.

b. A photographic plate or a piece of film so exposed.

c. The amount of radiant energy needed to expose a photographic film.

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exposure [ɪkˈspəʊʒə]

n

1. the act of exposing or the condition of being exposed

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) the position or outlook of a house, building, etc.; aspect the bedroom has a southern exposure

3. lack of shelter from the weather, esp the cold to die of exposure

4. a surface that is exposed an exposure of granite

5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) Mountaineering the degree to which a climb, etc. is exposed (see exposed (sense 4))

6. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog

a.  the act of exposing a photographic film or plate to light, X-rays, etc.

b.  an area on a film or plate that has been exposed to light, etc.

c.  (as modifier) exposure control

7. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog

a.  the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate multiplied by the time for which it is exposed

b.  a combination of lens aperture and shutter speed used in taking a photograph he used the wrong exposure

8. appearance or presentation before the public, as in a theatre, on television, or in films

9. (Law) See indecent exposure

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	exposure - vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain; "exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure"; vulnerability - susceptibility to injury or attack wind exposure, windage - exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance) solarisation, solarization - exposure to the rays of the sun
	2.	exposure - the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience; "she denounced the exposure of children to pornography" influence - causing something without any direct or apparent effort overexposure - the act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience; "an overexposure to violence on television" underexposure - inadequate publicity
	3.	exposure - the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans" disclosure, revealing, revelation - the speech act of making something evident expose, unmasking - the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government" muckraking - the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures)
	4.	exposure - aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces; "the studio had a northern exposure" panorama, vista, view, aspect, scene, prospect - the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"
	5.	exposure - the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule" vulnerability danger - the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease"
	6.	exposure - the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; "he used the wrong exposure" light unit - a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation
	7.	exposure - a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material photo, photograph, pic, picture beefcake - a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire black and white, monochrome - a black-and-white photograph or slide blueprint - photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc. cheesecake - a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire closeup - a photograph taken at close range daguerreotype - a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor blowup, enlargement, magnification - a photographic print that has been enlarged frame - a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film glossy - a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper headshot - a photograph of a person's head hologram, holograph - the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography longshot - a photograph taken from a distance microdot - photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security) arial mosaic, photomosaic, mosaic - arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture mug shot, mugshot - a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records) photocopy - a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work photographic print, print - a printed picture produced from a photographic negative photomicrograph - a photograph taken with the help of a microscope radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagram, skiagraph, radiogram - a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something snapshot, snap, shot - an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends" spectrogram, spectrograph - a photographic record of a spectrum stereoscopic photograph, stereoscopic picture, stereo - two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together still - a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes); "he wanted some stills for a magazine ad" telephoto, telephotograph - a photograph made with a telephoto lens telephotograph - a photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distance time exposure - a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time vignette - a photograph whose edges shade off gradually wedding picture - photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding scene, shot - a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
	8.	exposure - the act of exposing film to light photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs overexposure - the act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time underexposure - the act of exposing film to too little light or for too short a time time exposure - exposure of a film for a relatively long time (more than half a second)
	9.	exposure - presentation to view in an open or public manner; "the exposure of his anger was shocking" demonstration, presentation, presentment - a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration" debunking, repudiation - the exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful"
	10.	exposure - abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open) abandonment, desertion, forsaking - the act of giving something up

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exposure

noun

1. vulnerability, subjection, susceptibility, laying open Exposure to lead is known to damage the brains of young children.

2. hypothermia, frostbite, extreme cold, intense cold Two people died of exposure in Chicago overnight.

3. revelation, exposé, uncovering, disclosure, airing, manifestation, detection, divulging, denunciation, unmasking, divulgence the exposure of Anthony Blunt as a former Soviet spy

4. publicity, promotion, attention, advertising, plugging (informal), propaganda, hype, pushing, media hype The candidates have been getting a lot of exposure on TV.

5. uncovering, showing, display, exhibition, baring, revelation, presentation, unveiling, manifestation a bodice allowing full exposure of the breasts

6. contact, experience, awareness, acquaintance, familiarity Repeated exposure to the music reveals its hidden depths.

Translations

exposure [ɪksˈpəʊʒəʳ]

A. N

1. (= contact, laying open) (to weather, heat, cold, light) → exposición f
this strategy reduces your exposure to risk (Fin) → esta estrategia reduce el riesgo al que está expuesto
to die of exposure → morir de frío, morir por estar a la intemperie

2. (= disclosure) [of plot] → denuncia f; [of imposter, criminal] → desenmascaramiento m
to threaten sb with exposure → amenazar con desenmascarar or descubrir a algn

3. (= public exposure) → publicidad f
he's getting a lot of exposure → está recibiendo mucha publicidad
see also indecent

4. (= outlook) → orientación f
a house with a southerly exposure → una casa orientada hacia el sur

5. (Phot) (gen) → exposición; (= aperture) → abertura f de diafragma; (= speed) → velocidad f de obturación; (= photo) → foto f, fotografía f

B. CPD exposure meter N (Phot) → fotómetro m, exposímetro m

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exposure [ɪkˈspəʊʒə^r] n

(to danger, disease) → exposition f
exposure to asbestos → exposition à l'amiante

(= hypothermia) → hypothermie f
to be suffering from exposure → souffrir d'hypothermie
to die of exposure, to die from exposure → mourir de froid

(= publicity) → publicité f
to get exposure → bénéficier de publicité
to get exposure for sb → faire connaître qn, faire de la publicité à qn

(= unmasking) [person]
Since his exposure he has made no comment → Depuis qu'il a été démasqué, il n'a pas fait de déclaration.
the exposure of sb as sth → le fait de confondre qn comme qch, le fait de démasquer qn comme qch

[film] → temps m de pose (= shot) → pose f
exposure meter n → posemètre m

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exposure

n

(to sunlight, air, danger) → Aussetzung f (→ to +dat); doctors are warning against excessive exposure of the skin to sunlight → die Ärzte warnen davor, die Haut zu sehr dem Sonnenlicht auszusetzen; to be suffering from exposure (Med) → an Unterkühlung leiden; to die of exposure (Med) → erfrieren

(= displaying) → Entblößung f

(= unmasking, of person, thief, murderer) → Entlarvung f; (of abuses, plots, vices, scandals, crime) → Aufdeckung f; to threaten somebody with exposure → drohen, jdn zu entlarven

(= position of building) → Lage f; southern exposure → Südlage f

(Phot) → Belichtung(szeit) f

(Media) → Publicity f; his new film has been given a lot of exposure → sein neuer Film hat viel Publicity bekommen

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exposure [ɪksˈpəʊʒəʳ] n (gen) → esposizione f; (of plot) → smascheramento (Phot) → esposizione; (photo) → posa (Med) → assideramento
to die of exposure → morire assiderato/a
to threaten sb with exposure → minacciare di denunciare qn

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exposure [ɪksˈpəʊʒəʳ] n (gen) → esposizione f; (of plot) → smascheramento (Phot) → esposizione; (photo) → posa (Med) → assideramento
to die of exposure → morire assiderato/a
to threaten sb with exposure → minacciare di denunciare qn

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