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immensity

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im⋅men⋅si⋅ty

  [i-men-si-tee]
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–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
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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).

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