exposure

n. denouncement; disclosure, revealing; exposing of film to light (Photography); photograph; abandoning; placement, location (in relation to the sun)

Exposure can refer toIn biology:A condition of poor health or death resulting from lack of protection over prolonged periods under weather, extreme temperatures or dangerous substances (see also: hypothermia, hyperthermia, radioactive contamination, radiation poisoning)Acute exposure, the exposure to a toxic substance during a short period of timePost-exposure prophylaxis, any treatment started immediately after exposure to a diseaseChildren's Environmental Exposure Research Study, an EPA study regarding children's exposure to pesticides and other chemicals in U.S. households
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Exposure /ex·po·sure/ 1. the act of laying open, as surgical exposure. 2. the condition of being subjected to something, as to infectious agents, [more]Exposure - Community and Resources

Noun
1. vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain; "exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure";
(hypernym) vulnerability
(hyponym) windage, wind exposure
(derivation) expose
2. the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience; "she denounced the exposure of children to pornography"
(hypernym) influence
(hyponym) overexposure
(derivation) expose
3. the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans"
(hypernym) disclosure, revelation, revealing
(hyponym) expose, unmasking
(derivation) disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
4. aspect re light or wind; "the studio had a northern exposure"
(hypernym) view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama
5. the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule"
(synonym) vulnerability
(hypernym) danger
(derivation) queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril
6. the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; "he used the wrong exposure"
(hypernym) light unit
(derivation) expose
7. a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
(synonym) photograph, photo, pic
(hypernym) picture, image, icon, ikon
(hyponym) beefcake
8. the act of exposing film to light
(hypernym) photography, picture taking
(hyponym) overexposure
(derivation) expose
9. presentation to view in an open or public manner; "the exposure of his anger was shocking"
(hypernym) presentation, presentment, demonstration
(hyponym) repudiation, debunking
(derivation) disclose, expose
10. abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)
(hypernym) abandonment, forsaking, desertion
(derivation) expose

(n.)
The state of being exposed or laid open or bare; openness to danger; accessibility to anything that may affect, especially detrimentally; as, exposure to observation, to cold, to inconvenience.
  

(n.)
The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.
  

(n.)
The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt.
  

(n.)
Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc.