exposure
Other forms: exposures
If you place someone or something in an environment that causes them to experience something, you can call this exposure. Exposure to sun and rain will cause wood to turn gray. In school, you will be given exposure to the basic principles of math, science and language.
The exposure of film to light results in a photograph. Sometimes, exposure is used without explicitly saying what something or someone was exposed to. It is simply implied. When a celebrity is given lots of exposure, it is well-known that the media is involved. If you die of exposure, it's understood that the harsh elements of the weather was meant. And if your house has a southern exposure, you know that this is the side where the sun shines.
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the state of being exposed to harm“his exposure to ridicule”synonyms: vulnerabilitytype of:dangerthe condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
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vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain“"exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure”types:wind exposure, windageexposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)type of:vulnerabilitysusceptibility to injury or attack
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abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)
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the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experiencetypes:overexposurethe act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experienceunderexposureinadequate publicitytype of:influencecausing something without any direct or apparent effort
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presentation to view in an open or public manner“the exposure of his anger was shocking”types:type of:demonstration, presentation, presentmenta show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view
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the disclosure of something secret“they feared exposure of their campaign plans”types:muckrakingthe exposure of scandal (especially about public figures)type of:
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the act of exposing film to lighttypes:overexposurethe act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a timeunderexposurethe act of exposing film to too little light or for too short a timetime exposureexposure of a film for a relatively long time (more than half a second)type of:
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the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate“he used the wrong exposure”type of:light unita measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation
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a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive materialsynonyms: photo, photograph, pic, picturetypes:beefcakea photograph of a muscular man in minimal attireblueprintphotographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.cheesecakea photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attirecloseupa photograph or video taken at close rangedaguerreotypea photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vaporframea single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video filmglossya photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paperheadshota photograph of a person's headhologram, holographthe intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holographylongshota photograph taken from a distancemicrodotphotograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security)photocopya photographic copy of written or printed or graphic workphotomicrographa photograph taken with the help of a microscoperadiogram, radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagram, skiagrapha photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)stereo, stereoscopic photograph, stereoscopic picturetwo photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed togetherstilla static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)telephotographa photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distancetime exposurea photograph produced with a relatively long exposure timevignettea photograph whose edges shade off graduallywedding picturephotographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their weddingselfiea photograph that you take of yourself, typically with a digital cameraanaglyphmoving or still pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposedautoradiographa radiogram produced by radiation emitted by the specimen being photographedcutouta photograph from which the background has been cut awayphotostata photocopy made on a Photostat machineproofa trial photographic print from a negativeX ray, X-ray, X-ray photograph, X-ray picture, roentgenogram, x-raya radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosisvisible speechspectrogram of speech; speech displayed spectrographicallyouttakea scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the filmvignettea short evocative scene, as in a film or playtype of:representationa creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
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aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces
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Vocabulary lists containing exposure
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On the ACT Reading Test, you'll encounter questions that ask you to determine the meanings of common words in context. We've identified 200 high-frequency, multiple-meaning words of the sort that you'll see on the exam. As you practice this list, you'll have to rely on context clues in order to determine each word’s meaning in a particular sentence. Be careful! Several of a word's meanings might show up as answer choices — but only one answer will capture the meaning of the word in the context of the sentence.