Exposure
nnoun.attributevulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rainExamples:- exposure to the weather
- they died from exposure
Derivationally Related Form:expose
Hypernyms:vulnerability
Inherited Hypernyms:exposurevulnerabilityweaknesspropertyattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:solarisationsolarizationwind exposurewindage
Full Hyponyms:solarizationwindage
nnoun.actthe act of subjecting someone to an influencing experienceExamples:- she denounced the exposure of children to pornography
Derivationally Related Form:expose
Hypernyms:influence
Inherited Hypernyms:exposureinfluencecausingacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:overexposureunderexposure
Full Hyponyms:overexposureunderexposure
nnoun.communicationthe disclosure of something secretExamples:- they feared exposure of their campaign plans
Derivationally Related Form:expose
Hypernyms:disclosure revealing revelation
Inherited Hypernyms:exposuredisclosurespeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:exposemuckrakingunmasking
Full Hyponyms:exposemuckraking
nnoun.cognitionaspect resulting from the direction a building or window facesExamples:- the studio had a northern exposure
Hypernyms:aspect panorama prospect scene view vista
Inherited Hypernyms:exposureviewvisual perceptperceptrepresentationcontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.statethe state of being vulnerable or exposedSynset:vulnerability
Examples:- his vulnerability to litigation
- his exposure to ridicule
Derivationally Related Form:vulnerableexpose
Hypernyms:danger
Inherited Hypernyms:vulnerabilitydangerconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.quantitythe intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plateExamples:- he used the wrong exposure
Derivationally Related Form:expose
Hypernyms:light unit
Inherited Hypernyms:exposurelight unitelectromagnetic unitunit of measurementdefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
nnoun.artifacta representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital formatSynset:photo photograph pic picture
Derivationally Related Form:photographyphotographicphotograph
Hypernyms:representation
Inherited Hypernyms:photographrepresentationcreationartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:arial mosaicbeefcakeblack and whiteblowupblueprintcheesecakecloseupdaguerreotypeenlargementframeglossyheadshothologramholographlongshotmagnificationmicrodotmonochromemosaicmug shotmugshotphotocopyphotographic printphotomicrographphotomosaicprintradiogramradiographsceneshadowgraphshotskiagramskiagraphsnapsnapshotspectrogramspectrographstereostereoscopic photographstereoscopic picturestillstock imagestock photographtelephototelephotographtime exposurevignettewedding picture
Full Hyponyms:anaglyphangiocardiogramangiogramarteriogramarthrogramautoradiographbeefcakeblack and whiteblueprintcheesecakecloseupcutoutdaguerreotypeencephalogramenlargementframeglossyheadshothologramhysterosalpingogramintravenous pyelogramlongshotlymphangiogrammammogrammicrodotmosaicmug shotmyelogramouttakephotocopyphotographic printphotomicrographphotostatproofpyelogramradiogramradiophotographroentgenogramscenesnapshotspectrogramstandeestereostillstock photographtelephotographtime exposurevenogramvignettevisible speechwedding picture
nnoun.actthe act of exposing film to lightDerivationally Related Form:expose
Hypernyms:photography picture taking
Inherited Hypernyms:exposurephotographypictorial representationrepresentationactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:overexposuretime exposureunderexposure
Full Hyponyms:overexposuretime exposureunderexposure
nnoun.actpresentation to view in an open or public mannerExamples:- the exposure of his anger was shocking
Derivationally Related Form:expose
Hypernyms:demonstration presentation presentment
Inherited Hypernyms:exposurepresentationshowentertainmentdiversionactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:debunkingrepudiation
Full Hyponyms:repudiation
nnoun.actabandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)Derivationally Related Form:expose
Hypernyms:abandonment desertion forsaking
Inherited Hypernyms:exposureabandonmentrejectionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity