n. The act of exposing, uncovering, making bare, revealing, laying out to or bringing into view, or the state of being exposed or brought clearly into view.n. An exhibition or show, as of the products of art and manufacture.n. The act of exposing to danger; exposure.n. The act of expounding; an extended explication, as of a doctrine; a detailed explanation, as of a passage or book of Scripture.n. In logic, the making clear of any general relation by means of an indeterminate supposition of an individual case: a translation of the Greek ε%148κθεσις as used by Aristotle. This is the ordinary mode of demonstration in mathematics.n. Openness of situation as regards some direction or point of the compass; exposure.n. In music: The act, process, or result of presenting or enunciating the themes or subjects of a composition.n. Specifically, the opening section of a fugue or a sonata, in which the subject or subjects are first set forth: often called the exposition section.n. That sort of setting forth of a purpose or general idea which consists in showing how the purpose or idea will apply to particular cases.