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expanse

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ex·panse  (k-spns)
n.
1. A wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky.
2.
a. Expansion.
b. The distance or amount of expansion.

[Latin expnsum, from neuter past participle of expandere, to spread out; see expand.]

expanse
Noun
an uninterrupted wide area; stretch: a large expanse of water

Expanse something spread out; a wide expanse or extent of anything.
Examples: expanse of black cloth [mourning], 1858; of wavy corn, 1781; of forest; of heaven, 1667; of crystal lakes, 1711; of life, 1758; of sand, 1869.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.expanseexpanse - a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains"
ambit, range, scope, reach, compass, orbit - an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"
2.expanseexpanse - the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
extent - the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"
acreage, land area - an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming); "he wanted some acreage to build on"
footprint - the area taken up by some object; "the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches"
erasure - a surface area where something has been erased; "another word had been written over the erasure"
blank space, space, place - a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
space - one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"
balk, baulk - the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"
plane section, section - (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
3.expanse - a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky
sheet - any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice"
stretch - a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water"
space - an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth"

expanse
Translations
expanse [ɪkˈspæns] nextensión f
expanse [ɪkˈspæns] nétendue f
expanse [ɪksˈpæns] expand nWeite f
expanse [ɪkˈspæns] ndistesa, estensione f


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The carriage lamps shed a yellow light on a rough-looking road which seemed to be cut through bushes and low-growing things which ended in the great expanse of dark apparently spread out before and around them.
The whole expanse Suddenly in the half-light of the dusk Glimmered and waned.
It is not the ship that takes her departure; the seaman takes his Departure by means of cross-bearings which fix the place of the first tiny pencil-cross on the white expanse of the track-chart, where the ship's position at noon shall be marked by just such another tiny pencil cross for every day of her passage.
 
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