exposure
- exposure
- noun
1 TO DANGER (C, U) the state of being put into a situation that is harmful because you have no protection from something that is dangerous
(+ to): Skin cancer can be caused by prolonged exposure to the sun. | Through TV, kids have regular exposure to sex and violence.
2 TRUTH (C, U) something that is said or written in order to tell people the truth about something illegal, dishonest, or harmful: The exposure of George Davis' illicit financial dealings provoked a public outcry.
3 MAKE FACTS KNOWN (U) things that are said and written on television and in newspapers that make a person or event known to a lot of people: The failure of their marriage has received a lot of exposure in the press recently.
4 BE VERY COLD (U) if you have exposure you are extremely cold and ill, especially because you have been outside in very cold weather for too long without protection: We nearly died of exposure on the mountainside.
5 PHOTOGRAPHY (C)
a) a length of film in a camera that is used to take a photograph: I have three exposures left on this roll.
b) the amount of time a piece of film is exposed (expose (5)) to the light when making a photograph
6 SHOW (C) the act of showing something that is usually hidden
7 DIRECTION (singular) the direction in which a building, hill etc faces: My bedroom has a southern exposure.
—see also: indecent exposure
Longman dictionary of contemporary English.
2004.
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exposure — exposure. См. облучение. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
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