Usually means: Demonstration or showing by example.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. ostension: Merriam-Webster
  2. ostension: Wordnik
  3. ostension: Wiktionary
  4. Ostension, ostension: Dictionary.com
  5. Ostension: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Ostension: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. ostension: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Ostension: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. ostension: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Ostension: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ostension: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  2. Literary Criticism (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ostension)

noun:  (philosophy) The act of presenting an ostensive definition.
noun:  (obsolete) An act of showing or demonstrating.
noun:  (Christianity) The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.

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