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exposure
  • n  vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain;
    exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure
  • n  the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
    she denounced the exposure of children to pornography
  • n  the disclosure of something secret
    they feared exposure of their campaign plans
  • n  aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces
    the studio had a northern exposure
  • n  the state of being vulnerable or exposed
    his exposure to ridicule
  • n  the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate
    he used the wrong exposure
  • n  a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
  • n  the act of exposing film to light
  • n  presentation to view in an open or public manner
    the exposure of his anger was shocking
  • n  abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)
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exposure meter
  • n  photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light
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exposure therapy
  • n  a form of behavior therapy in which a survivor confronts feelings or phobias or anxieties about a traumatic event and relives it in the therapy situation
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expounding
  • n  a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic
  • v  add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
  • v  state
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express mail
  • n  mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system
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express trust
  • n  a trust created by the free and deliberate act of the parties involved (usually on the basis of written documentation)
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