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exposure(1) The degree to which information can be accessed using authorized or unauthorized methods. See penetration test and risk analysis. exposure 1. Archit the position or outlook of a house, building, etc.; aspect 2. Mountaineering the degree to which a climb, etc. is exposed (see exposed (sense 4)) 3. Photog a. the act of exposing a photographic film or plate to light, X-rays, etc. b. an area on a film or plate that has been exposed to light, etc. c. (as modifier): exposure control 4. Photog a. the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate multiplied by the time for which it is exposed b. a combination of lens aperture and shutter speed used in taking a photograph 5. See indecent exposure How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At this exposure of his hypocrisy, the Sportsman was so overcome with shame and remorse that he would not strike the Squirrel, but pointing it out to his dog, walked thoughtfully away. Though in life it remains perfectly fluid, yet, upon exposure to the air, after death, it soon begins to concrete; sending forth beautiful crystalline shoots, as when the first thin delicate ice is just forming in water. Our wet garments had dried but little and I knew that the girl must be in grave danger from the exposure to a night of cold and wet upon the water in an open boat, without sufficient clothing and no food. |
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