Exposition

Definition of Exposition

Ex`po`si´tion

n.	1.	The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.
	2.	The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary. You know the law; your exposition Hath been most sound. - Shak.
	3.	Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun.
	4.	A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878.

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