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Webster 1913 Edition
Exposure
1.
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. Macaulay.
2.
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 inconvenienceWhen we have our naked frailties hid,
That suffer in
That suffer in
exposure
. Shakespeare
3.
Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc.
“Under a southern exposure.” Evelyn.
The best
exposure
of the two for woodcocks. Sir. W. Scott.
4.
(Photog.)
The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.
Webster 1828 Edition
Exposure
EXPO'SURE
,Noun.
1.
The state of being laid open to view, to danger or to any inconvenience; as exposure to observation; exposure to cold, or to the air; exposure to censure.2.
The situation of a place in regard to points of compass, or to a free access of air or light. We say, a building or a garden or a wall has a northern or a southern exposure. We speak of its exposure or exposition to a free current of air, or to the access of light.