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immensity - 3 dictionary results

im⋅men⋅si⋅ty

[i-men-si-tee]
–noun
1. vastness; enormous extent: the immensity of the Roman empire.
2. the state or condition of being immense.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L immēnsitās. See immense, -ity
im·men·si·ty   (ĭ-měn'sĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. im·men·si·ties
  1. The quality or state of being immense.
  2. Something immense: "the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water" (Joseph Conrad).

Immensity

Im*men"si*ty\, n.; pl. Immensities. [L. immensitas: cf. F. immensit['e].] The state or quality of being immense; inlimited or immeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or bulk; greatness.

Lost in the wilds of vast immensity. --Blackmore.

The immensity of the material system. --I. Taylor.
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