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expanse

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ex⋅panse

  [ik-spans]
–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.
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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.]
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