exposure

vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain

• “exposure to the weather”
• “they died from exposure”

the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience

• “she denounced the exposure of children to pornography”

the disclosure of something secret

• “they feared exposure of their campaign plans”

aspect re light or wind

• “the studio had a northern exposure”

the state of being vulnerable or exposed

• “his vulnerability to litigation”
• “his exposure to ridicule”

the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate

• “he used the wrong exposure”

a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

the act of exposing film to light

presentation to view in an open or public manner

• “the exposure of his anger was shocking”

abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)