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Exposure can be:
A condition of poor health or death resulting from prolonged exposure to weather
radiation poisoning
Exposure of the skin to sunshine, etc.
Exposure of unwanted infants in classical
Mediterranean cultures and others, a common origin for mythic heroes: Perseus, Moses, Romulus and Remus. Compare sex-selective infanticide.
photographic exposure; see exposure (photography).
publicity (e.g. of an artist)
Exposure of (parts of) the body, especially the bare skin, to the view of others; if that goes too far it is called indecent exposure; the exposure may be limited out of modesty.
In climbing, exposure is the state of openness with relation to the distance of a fall. See the glossary of climbing terms.
the album Exposure by Exposé
The condition of being subjected to a source of risk.
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