expanse (redirected from expanses)

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.

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

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expanse

Noun

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

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	expanse - a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains" sweep 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.	expanse - the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" surface area, 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"

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expanse

noun area, range, field, space, stretch, sweep, extent, plain, tract, breadth

Translations

expanse [ɪkˈspæns] n → extensión f

expanse [ɪkˈspæns] n → étendue f

expanse [ɪksˈpæns] expand n → Weite f

expanse [ɪkˈspæns] n → distesa, estensione f