EXPOSURE • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Exposure

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/ɪkspˈoʊʒər/ Listen

noun

Exposure n.

The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt. "The exposure of Fuller... put an end to the practices of that vile tribe."

The state of being exposed or laid open or bare; openness to danger; accessibility to anything that may affect, especially detrimentally; as, exposure to observation, to cold, to inconvenience. "When we have our naked frailties hid, That suffer in exposure."

Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc. "Under a southern exposure." "The best exposure of the two for woodcocks."

(Photog.) The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.

See images of 'Exposure'

Etymology of 'Exposure'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar

"Exposure" Quotes from Famous Books

... exposure of grave political scandals in Sydney has attracted attention to the seamy side of the political life of the colonies. But such scandals, I would fain believe, are exceptional. The tone of the Sydney House is little, if at all, better ...

— Town Life in Australia - 1883 • R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny

... be wholly inadequate. First, the manner of taking their lives must have the quality of strength and a force which in itself would have a large element of satisfaction; hence it must be striking, deliberate, brutal if you wish, revolting if you are particular. Second, it must be preceded by exposure, denunciation, publication, ...

— The Ape, the Idiot & Other People • W. C. Morrow

... Brahmana took his seat; and asked by the monarch he began to talk of the sons of Dharma, Pavana, Indra and of the twins, all of whom having fallen into severe misery, had become emaciated and reduced owing to exposure to wind and sun. And that Brahmana also talked of Krishna who was overwhelmed with suffering and who then had become perfectly helpless, although she had heroes for her lords. And hearing the words of that Brahmana, the royal son of Vichitravirya became afflicted with grief, ...

— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2 • Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

... was not successfully carried out, and in future years the volume will be principally valued as a curiosity, the wonderfully strange mistakes being made therein of placing the honoured name of Sir Josiah Mason under the head of "Next-of-Kin Enquiry Agents," and that, too, just previous to the exposure of the numerous frauds carried out by one of the so-called agents and its curiousness is considerably enhanced by the fact that a like error had been perpetrated in a ...

— Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham - A History And Guide Arranged Alphabetically • Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell

... then took place. Justices of the peace, judges, and the highest dignitaries of the realm, firmly believed in these reputed sorceries. Even the great Sir Thomas Brown, author of the book intended as an exposure of "Vulgar Errors," gave his testimony to the truth and reality of those diabolical delusions. But we have little need to wonder at the superstition of past ages, when we look at the folly and credulity of ...

— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) • John Roby

More quotes...