Hypertext Webster Gateway: "expanse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Expanse \Ex*panse"\, v. t.
To expand. [Obs.]
That lies expansed unto the eyes of all. --Sir. T.
Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
expanse
n 1: a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains" [syn: {sweep}]
2: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a
boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500
square feet in area" [syn: {area}, {surface area}]
3: a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky
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