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exposition
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exposition
(encz) | exposition,výstava Hynek Hanke |
Exposition
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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You know the law; your exposition
Hath been most sound. --Shak.
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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.
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4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic
productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A
Gallicism]
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exposition
(wn) | exposition
n 1: a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually
written) of a specific topic [syn: exposition,
expounding]
2: a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for
public display [syn: exhibition, exposition, 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"
4: (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form)
where the major musical themes first occur |
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exposition
(mass) | exposition
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exposition
(encz) | exposition,výstava Hynek Hanke |
Misexposition
(gcide) | Misexposition \Mis*ex`po*si"tion\, n.
Wrong exposition.
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exposition
(wn) | exposition
n 1: a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually
written) of a specific topic [syn: exposition,
expounding]
2: a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for
public display [syn: exhibition, exposition, 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"
4: (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form)
where the major musical themes first occur |
CONTEMPORANEOUS EXPOSITION
(bouvier) | CONTEMPORANEOUS EXPOSITION. The construction of a law, made shortly after
its enactment, when the reasons for its passage were then fresh in the minds
of the judges, is considered as of great weight: contemporanea expositio est
optima et fortissima in lege. 1 Cranch, 299.
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EXPOSITION DE PART
(bouvier) | EXPOSITION DE PART, French law. The abandonment of a child, unable to take
care of itself, either in a public or private place.
2. If the child thus exposed should be killed in consequence of such
exposure; as, if it should be devoured by animals, the person thus exposing
it would be guilty of murder. Rose. Cr. Ev. 591.
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