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ex⋅panse

  [ik-spans]
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–noun
1. an uninterrupted space or area; a wide extent of anything: an expanse of water.
2. something that is spread out, esp. over a relatively large area: that great expanse, the sky.
3. expansion; extension: the wide expanse of scientific knowledge.
Origin:
1660–70; < NL expānsum, n. use of neut. of L expānsus, ptp. of expandere to expand

Synonyms:
1. sweep, reach, range, stretch.
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ex·panse   (ĭk-spāns')   
n.  
  1. A wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky.
    1. Expansion.
    2. The distance or amount of expansion.

[Latin expānsum, from neuter past participle of expandere, to spread out; see expand.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.

Lights . . . high in the expanse of heaven. --Milton.

The smooth expanse of crystal lakes. --Pope.

Expanse

Ex*panse"\, v. t. To expand. [Obs.]

That lies expansed unto the eyes of all. --Sir. T. Browne.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : expanse
Spanish: extensión,
German: weite Fläche,
Japanese: 広がり
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