Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exposition"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Exposition \Ex`po*si"tion\, n. [L. expositio, fr. exponere,
expositum: cf. F. exposition. See {Expound}.]
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. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.

4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic
productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A
Gallicism]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

exposition
n 1: a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written)
of a specific topic [syn: {expounding}]
2: a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for
public display [syn: {exhibition}, {expo}]
3: an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a
writing or discourse; "we would have understood the play
better if there had been some initial exposition of the
background"

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