Exposure
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Exposure can refer to
In biology:
- A condition of poor health or death resulting from lack of protection over prolonged periods under weather, extreme temperatures or dangerous substances (see also: hypothermia, hyperthermia, radioactive contamination, radiation poisoning)
- Acute exposure, the exposure to a toxic substance which may result in harm or death
- Post-exposure prophylaxis, any treatment started immediately after exposure to a disease
- Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study, an EPA study regarding children's exposure to pesticides and other chemicals in U.S. households
In photography:
- Exposure (photography), the total amount of light allowed to fall on the sensor during the taking of a photograph
- Exposure value, a value given to all combinations of camera shutter speed and aperture that gives the same exposure
- Exposure latitude, the range of light intensities that a camera can capture. About 11 F-stops for regular film.
- Multiple exposure, an exposure in which the sensitivity to light is reduced and then increased at least once during the total exposure time
In law:
- Indecent exposure, the display of unclothed parts of the human body that is against local custom and law
- Permissible Exposure Limit, a legal limit in the United States for personal exposure to a substance
In psychology:
- Exposure and response, a treatment method for anxiety disorders
- Mere exposure effect, a psychological artifact
- Direct therapeutic exposure, a technique for the treatment of psychological disorders
In entertainment:
- Exposure (album), a 1979 music album by Robert Fripp
- Exposure (comic book), a short lived series created by Al Rio
- Exposure (magic), the practise of revealing the secrets of magic to non-magicians
- Exposures - In Retrospect and Denial, a 2004 compilation album by Dark Tranquillity
- Forced Exposure, an independent music magazine
- Northern Exposure, a television series originally broadcast by CBS
- Maximum Exposure, a reality TV show
- Double Exposure Blackjack, a variant of blackjack
- Exposure (television series), a short film anthology series on Sci-Fi Channel from 2000-2002
Exposure may also refer to:
- Publicity, an activity designed to rouse public interest
- Investment, a financial holding in a particular market sector.
- Long Duration Exposure Facility, a school-bus sized cylindrical space experiment rack made by NASA
- Jan Jelinek, a German electronic musician who also operates under the name of The Exposures
- In climbing, the state of openness with relation to the distance of a fall (see also: glossary of climbing terms)
