expode - n.
(also expo) (pl. -os) a large international exhibition. [abbr. of EXPOSITION 4]

expode - n. & adj.
--n.

1 a person who favours or promotes an idea etc.
2 a representative or practitioner of an activity, profession, etc.
3 a person who explains or interprets something.
4 an executant (of music etc.).
5 a type or representative.
6 Math. a raised symbol or expression beside a numeral indicating how many times it is to be multiplied by itself (e.g. 2(3) = 2 x 2 x 2).

--adj.

that sets forth or interprets. [L exponere (as EX-(1), ponere posit- put)]

expode - adj.
1 Math. of or indicated by a mathematical exponent.
2 (of an increase etc.) more and more rapid.

exponential function Math. a function which increases as a quantity raised to a power determined by the variable on which the function depends. exponential growth Biol. a form of population growth in which the rate of growth is related to the number of individuals present. [F exponentiel (as EXPONENT)]

expode - v. & n.
--v.

tr. send out (goods or services) esp. for sale in another country.

--n.

1 the process of exporting.
2 a an exported article or service. b (in pl.) an amount exported (exports exceeded Ь50m.).
3 (attrib.) suitable for export, esp. of better quality.

export reject an article sold in its country of manufacture, as being below the standard for export.

exportable adj. exportability n. exportation n. exporter n. [L exportare (as EX-(1), portare carry)]

expode - v.tr.
1 leave uncovered or unprotected, esp. from the weather.
2 (foll. by to) cause to be liable to or in danger of (was exposed to great danger).
3 (as exposed adj.) a (foll. by to) open to; unprotected from (exposed to the east). b vulnerable, risky.
4 Photog. subject (a film) to light, esp. by operation of a camera.
5 reveal the identity or fact of (esp. a person or thing disapproved of or guilty of crime etc.).
6 disclose; make public.
7 exhibit, display.
8 put up for sale.

expose oneself display one's body, esp. the genitals, publicly and indecently.

exposer n. [ME f. OF exposer after L exponere: see EXPONENT POSE(1) )]

expode - n.
1 an explanatory statement or account.
2 an explanation or commentary.
3 Mus. the part of a movement, esp. in sonata form, in which the principal themes are first presented.
4 a large public exhibition.
5 archaic exposure.

expositional adj. expositive adj. [ME f. OF exposition, or L expositio (as EXPONENT)]