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English

Etymology

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Noun

  1. A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
  2. An amount of spread or stretch.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Expanse \Ex*panse"\, n. [From L. expansus, p. p. of expandere.
See Expand.]
That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space
or body; especially, the arch of the sky. "The green
expanse." --Savage.
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Lights . . . high in the expanse of heaven. --Milton.
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The smooth expanse of crystal lakes. --Pope.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Expanse \Ex*panse"\, v. t.
To expand. [Obs.]
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That lies expansed unto the eyes of all. --Sir. T.
Browne.
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WordNet expanse
n 1: a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains" [syn: sweep]
2: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a
boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500
square feet in area" [syn: area, surface area]
3: a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky
Moby Dictionary
acreage , ampleness , amplitude , area , beam , bigness , body ,
boundlessness , breadth , broadness , bulk , caliber , compass ,
continuum , coverage , depth , diameter , dimension , dimensions ,
distance , distance across , domain , emptiness , empty space ,
enormity , enormousness , expansion , extension , extent , field ,
formidableness , fullness , galactic space , gauge , gigantism , girth ,
grandeur , grandness , great scope , greatness , height , hugeness ,
immensity , infinite space , infinity , intensity , interstellar space ,
largeness , latitude , length , length and breadth , magnitude , mass ,
measure , measurement , might , mightiness , muchness , nothingness ,
orbit , outer space , plenitude , power , prodigiousness , proportion ,
proportions , radius , range , reach , scale , scope , size , space , span ,
spatial extension , sphere , spread , strength , stretch ,
stupendousness , superficial extension , surface , sweep , territory ,
tract , tremendousness , vastness , void , volume , wideness , width


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