exposure

Noun
  1. Vulnerability to the elements;
    To the action of heat or cold or wind or rain (synset 105051127)
    "exposure to the weather"; "they died from exposure"
    is a type of: vulnerability - susceptibility to injury or attack
    subtypes:
  2. The act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience (synset 100158283)
    "she denounced the exposure of children to pornography"
    is a type of: influence - causing something without any direct or apparent effort
    subtypes:
  3. The disclosure of something secret (synset 107230037)
    "they feared exposure of their campaign plans"
    is a type of: disclosure, revealing, revelation - the speech act of making something evident
    subtypes:
    • expose, unmasking - the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
    • muckraking - the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures)
  4. Aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces (synset 105942859)
    "the studio had a northern exposure"
    is a type of: aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view, vista - the visual percept of a region
  5. The state of being vulnerable or exposed (synset 114567533)
    "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule"
    is a type of: danger - the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
    same as: vulnerability
  6. The intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate (synset 113661685)
    "he used the wrong exposure"
    is a type of: light unit - a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation
  7. A representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format (synset 103931348)
    is a type of: representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
    subtypes:
    • beefcake - a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire
    • black and white, monochrome - a black-and-white photograph or slide
    • blueprint - photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.
    • cheesecake - a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire
    • closeup - a photograph taken at close range
    • daguerreotype - a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor
    • blowup, enlargement, magnification - a photographic print that has been enlarged
    • frame - a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
    • glossy - a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper
    • headshot - a photograph of a person's head
    • hologram, holograph - the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography
    • longshot - a photograph taken from a distance
    • microdot - photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security)
    • arial mosaic, mosaic, photomosaic - arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture
    • mug shot, mugshot - a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records)
    • photocopy - a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work
    • stock image, stock photograph - an exisitng photograph licensed for a specific use
    • photographic print, print - a printed picture produced from a photographic negative
    • photomicrograph - a photograph taken with the help of a microscope
    • radiogram, radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagram, skiagraph - a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)
    • shot, snap, snapshot - an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
    • spectrogram, spectrograph - a photographic record of a spectrum
    • stereo, stereoscopic photograph, stereoscopic picture - two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together
    • still - a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
    • telephoto, telephotograph - a photograph made with a telephoto lens
    • telephotograph - a photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distance
    • time exposure - a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time
    • vignette - a photograph whose edges shade off gradually
    • wedding picture - photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding
    • scene, shot - a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
    same as: photo, photograph, pic, picture
  8. The act of exposing film to light (synset 100909038)
    is a type of: photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs
    subtypes:
    • overexposure - the act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time
    • underexposure - the act of exposing film to too little light or for too short a time
    • time exposure - exposure of a film for a relatively long time (more than half a second)
  9. Presentation to view in an open or public manner (synset 100523593)
    "the exposure of his anger was shocking"
    is a type of: demonstration, presentation, presentment - a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view
    subtypes: debunking, repudiation - the exposure of falseness or pretensions
  10. Abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open) (synset 100205508)
    is a type of: abandonment, desertion, forsaking - the act of giving something up

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