expanse

[ 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, especially over a relatively large area: that great expanse, the sky.

  1. expansion; extension: the wide expanse of scientific knowledge.

Origin of expanse

1
1660–70; <New Latin expānsum, noun use of neuter of Latin expānsus, past participle of expandere to expand

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expanse

/ (ɪkˈspæns) /


noun
  1. an uninterrupted surface of something that spreads or extends, esp over a wide area; stretch: an expanse of water

  2. expansion or extension

Origin of expanse

1
C17: from New Latin expansum the heavens, from Latin expansus spread out, from expandere to expand

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