Noun

(senseid)(uncountable) The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}

(countable, uncountable) That part which is facing or exposed to something, e.g. the sun, weather, sky, or a view.

(uncountable) Lack of protection from weather or the elements.

* 1993 , (Paul Chadwick), The Ugly Boy , Dark Horse Books

As all of you know, a great tragedy occurred yesterday. Arthur Harcourt died of exposure sometimes in the morning in the woods off Mount Tom Road.

(senseid)(photography) An instance of taking a photograph.

(photography) The piece of film exposed to light.

(photography) Details of the time and f-number used.

(gardening) The amount of sun, wind etc. experienced by a particular site.

Noun

(en noun)

(humorous) A hypothetical burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to moonlight.

* 1995 , " Moonlight Causes Slight Warming on Earth, Study Finds", Los Angeles Times , 10 March 1995:

Researchers say the light of the full moon causes the Earth to heat up, ever so slightly. "Moonburn is not a problem," climate expert Robert C. Balling said.

* 1996 , Jeff Klinkenberg, "An Uneasy Balance", St. Petersburg Times , 28 January 1996:

"Last night, the moon was so bright I could have gotten a moonburn ," he says.

* 2005 , Marc Zvi Brettler, How to Read the Bible , Jewish Publication Society (2005), ISBN 9780827607750, page 165:

Colon A ("By day the sun will not strike you") makes sense, given the strong Mediterranean sun. But to the best of my knowledge, no one has ever suffered moonburn .

* 2006 , Linton Weeks, " Washington Coverup", The Washington Post , 1 August 2006:

Her husband, Walker, 38, laughs and says Teresa might start carrying one at night to protect against "moonburn ."

* 2010 May 24, Lee Aronsohn, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland, "The Lunar Excitation", episode 3-23 of , 00:00:

*:Sheldon Cooper: I should have brought an umbrella.

*:Leonard Hofstadter: What for? It's not gonna rain.

*:Sheldon Cooper: I know that. But with skin as fair as mine, moonburn is a real possibility.