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Definition of: exposure
(ik·spō′zhər) noun
1. The act or process of exposing, or the state of being exposed in any sense; disclosure of the hitherto hidden truth, usually discreditable, about a person or situation.
2. An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass; outlook; aspect: The house had a southern exposure.
3. In ancient Greece and Rome, the practice of abandoning sickly and deformed (and often female) infants.
4. Phot. The act of submitting a sensitized plate or film to the action of actinic rays.
5. Geol. The portion of a rock mass exposed to view.
6. Law Offensive public display of one's body.
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