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Definition of Expositions

Exposition
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]

Meaning of Expositions from wikipedia

- Look up exposition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Exposition (also the French for exhibition) may refer to: Universal exposition or World's Fair...
- these years, world expositions were largely focused on trade and displa**** technological advances and inventions. World expositions were platforms for...
- The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) sanctions world expositions. Some have been recognised retrospectively because they took place before the...
- related to this article: World's Columbian Exposition Expo 1893 Chicago at Bureau International des Expositions The 1893 World's Fair in Chicago (worldsfairchicago1893...
- The Jamestown Exposition, also known as the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition of 1907, was one of the many world's fairs and expositions that were po****r...
- The Bureau international des expositions (BIE; English: International Bureau of Expositions) is an intergovernmental organization created to supervise...
- six world expositions (in 1855, 1867, 1878, 1889, 1900 and 1937), two specialized expositions (in 1881 and 1925) and two colonial expositions (in 1907...
- Narrative exposition, now often simply exposition, is the insertion of background information within a story or narrative. This information can be about...
- Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition of 1926 was a world's fair in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its purpose...
- Exposition Park is the name of more than one place: Exposition Park, Dallas, a neighborhood in south Dallas, Texas Exposition Park (Kansas City), a former...