Ex'po-si'tion, n.

(ĕks/po-zĭsh'un), n. [Lat. expositio, from exponere; Fr. exposition, Pr. expositio, Sp. exposición, It. esposizione.]

1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting to public view; hence, a public exhibition or show, as of the products of art, industry, and the like; as, the Great Exposition at Paris.
2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or passage; explanation; interpretation; hence, also, a work containing explanations or interpretations, or the sense put upon a passage by an interpreter.

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 climate, &c.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.