exposure

n 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"

2: the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience;

"she denounced the exposure of children to pornography"

3: the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of

their campaign plans"

4: aspect re light or wind; "the studio had a northern

exposure"

5: the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "exposure to

ridicule" or "vulnerability to litigation" [syn: {vulnerability}]

6: the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or

plate; "he used the wrong exposure"

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 [syn: {photograph}, {photo}]

8: presentation to view in an open or public manner; "the

exposure of his anger was shocking"

9: the act of exposing film to light

10: abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as

infant out in the open)