exposure
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- 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)
- The study found similar results with exposure to tobacco smoke.
- And does that exposure come close to the FDA threshold? The FDA can't answer those questions yet, but some experts argue that the agency doesn't need to wait to take action.
- In the first study of its kind, researchers have linked mothers' prenatal exposure to environmental pollution to lower IQ in their children by age 5.