exposure
pronunciation
How to pronounce exposure in British English:
UK [ɪkˈspəʊʒə(r)]
How to pronounce exposure in American English:
US [ɪkˈspoʊʒər]
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- Noun:
- vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
- the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
- the disclosure of something secret
- aspect re light or wind
- the state of being vulnerable or exposed
- the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate
- a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
- the act of exposing film to light
- presentation to view in an open or public manner
- abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)
Word Origin
- exposure (n.)
- c. 1600, "public exhibition," from expose (v.) + -ure. Sense of "situation with regard to sun or weather" is from 1660s. Photographic sense "act of exposing to light" is from 1839. Indecent exposure attested by 1825.
Example
- 1. Exposure time may take more time than a usual print .
- 2. Firsthand exposure to the tsunami-induced devastation was humbling .
- 3. Since the accident , the government has tested 219000 residents for external exposure .
- 4. Wear a hat to protect the head and face from sun exposure .
- 5. Totalitarian regimes the world over are terrified of exposure .