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Noun exposure has 10 senses

exposure - vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain; "exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure";
--₁ is a kind of vulnerability
--₁ has particulars: windage, wind exposure; solarization, solarisation
Derived form: verb expose₁
exposure - the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience; "she denounced the exposure of children to pornography"
--₂ is a kind of influence
--₂ has particulars: overexposure; underexposure
Derived form: verb expose₁
exposure - the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans"
--₃ is a kind of disclosure, revelation, revealing
--₃ has particulars: expose, unmasking; muckraking
Derived form: verb expose₂
exposure - aspect re light or wind; "the studio had a northern exposure"
--₄ is a kind of view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama
vulnerability, exposure - the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule"
--₅ is a kind of danger

Derived form: verb expose₆
exposure - the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; "he used the wrong exposure"
--₆ is a kind of light unit

Derived form: verb expose₇

photograph, photo, exposure, pic - a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
--₇ is a kind of picture, image, icon, ikon
--₇ has particulars:

exposure - the act of exposing film to light
--₈ is a kind of photography, picture taking
--₈ has particulars: overexposure; underexposure; time exposure
Derived form: verb expose₇
exposure - presentation to view in an open or public manner; "the exposure of his anger was shocking"
--₉ is a kind of presentation, presentment, demonstration
--₉ has particulars: repudiation, debunking
Derived forms: verb expose₅, verb expose₃
exposure - abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)
--₁₀ is a kind of abandonment, forsaking, desertion

Derived form: verb expose₉