"exposure" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪkˈspoʊʒɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-exposure.ogg [US] Forms: exposure [singular], exposures [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If x has exposure to y, x is not hidden or protected from y.
    Sense id: simple-exposure-en-noun-5~dQ6~S8
  2. The exposure is the amount of time that a film is hit by light.
    Sense id: simple-exposure-en-noun-x5yi~BZf
  3. One exposure is one section of film that is hit by light at one time.
    Sense id: simple-exposure-en-noun-NInc9Vnt
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          "text": "Staying out of the sun between 11am and 3pm can reduce exposure by 60 per cent."
        },
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          "text": "Prolonged exposure to cold and wet may increase the chance of disease."
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          "text": "As a child of a Canadian father and Japanese mother, he had exposure to many different viewpoints."
        },
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          "text": "The exposure of his crimes was the end of his career."
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          "text": "She had multiple exposures to the gas before becoming ill."
        },
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          "text": "The campers died of exposure after two weeks in the cold."
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          "text": "The exposure of his crimes was the end of his career."
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