Look up: exposure

1. Exposure
   The amount of radiation or pollutant present in a given environment that represents a potential health threat to living organisms.
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2. exposure
   [Noun] To let film be changed by light to show an image in photography.
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3. Exposure
   The quantity of light allowed to act on a photographic material; the lens aperture controls intensity or amount of light, and the shutter speed (or the enlarger timer in printing) controls the time. (See Aperture, Shutter speed & Over exposed )
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4. exposure
   [n] - the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate 2. [n] - the disclosure of something secret 3. [n] - aspect re light or wind 4. [n] - vulnerability to the elements 5. [n] - the act of exposing film to light 6. [n] - presentation to view in an open or p...
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5. Exposure
   (Digital cameras and photo printers) During exposure, the sensors on the CCD (or chemicals on the film in analogue models) are subjected to the light outside the camera for a certain time.
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6. Exposure
   Exposure control is used to compensate poor light conditions such as strong backlighting, low contrast and insufficient ambient light. It compensates in steps of 0.5 EV
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7. Exposure
   A person's physical contact with an advertising medium or message. In the case of television, exposure to an advertising spot is treated as equal to the measured audience for that spot.
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8. Exposure
   The proportion of a share portfolio at risk in a certain area. So of you have half of your portfolio... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/exposure.htm?id=1696&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of exposure'>more</a>
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9. Exposure
   the level of a substance, for example a chemical, that a person or animal may be subjected to intentionally or non-intentionally. People can be exposed to substances through food, water and their environment.
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10. Exposure
    Illumination of light-sensitive material or a measure of of time and intensity of illumination.
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11. exposure
    radiation: the radioactive contamination of a living or inanimate object by accident or design; Environment: the long and damaging contact of a living being with the harsh, such as extremely cold weather; Pollution: the undesirable contact of living and inanimate objects with pollutants in the atmos...
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12. Exposure
    The portion of the roofing exposed to the weather after installation.
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13. Exposure
    1. The act of letting light fall on a light sensitive material 2. The amount of light that passes through a lens (either a camera or photographic paper) to form an image. In the camera, too much light causes overexposure-this makes negative film look too dark and reversal film look too light. Undere...
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14. Exposure
    Ex·po'sure noun [ From Expose .] 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...
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15. exposure
    <radiobiology> A quantitative measure of x or gamma radiation at a certain place, based on its ability to produce ionisation in air. The former special unit of exposure was the roentgen (R). 1R = 2.58 x 10-4 C/kg. In the international system (SI unit), the special unit is coulomb per kilogram....
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16. exposure
    noun vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain; `exposure to the weather` or `they died from exposure`;
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17. exposure
    noun aspect re light or wind; `the studio had a northern exposure`
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18. exposure
    noun the disclosure of something secret; `they feared exposure of their campaign plans`
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19. exposure
    noun the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; `he used the wrong exposure`
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20. exposure
    (ek-spo´zhәr) the act of laying open, as surgical exposure. the condition of being subjected to something, as to infectious agents or extremes of weather or radiation, which may have a harmful effect. in radiology, a measure of the amount of ionizing radiation at the surface of the irra...
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21. 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. • (n.) Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc. • (n.) The exposing of a sensitized plate to the...
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22. exposure
    (from the article `burial`) Placing the body where it may be eaten by scavenging birds and animals or weathered to its essential elements has been held by many groups to be the ...
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23. exposure
    (from the article `human disease`) Among physical injuries are injuries caused by cold or heat. Prolonged exposure of tissue to freezing temperatures causes tissue damage known as ... Figure 1 summarizes the conditions of exposure to toxicants.The second important condition of exposure is frequency: acute (single exposure), subchronic (...
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24. exposure
    (from the article `photography, technology of`) ...in or behind the lens or a system of blinds positioned in front of the film. It can be made to open for a predetermined time to expose the film to ... any of various complex photographic cameras that are designed to record a succession of images on a reel of film that is repositioned af...
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25. Exposure
    See exchange rate exposure.
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