About The Word Expanse

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Expanse

Expanse Meaning & Definition
Expanse Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Expanse?

[n] a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains"
[n] the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
[n] a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky

Synonyms | Synonyms for Expanse: area | surface area | sweep

Related Terms | Find terms related to Expanse: acreage | ampleness | amplitude | area | beam | bigness | body | boundlessness | breadth | broadness | bulk | caliber | compass | continuum | coverage | depth | diameter | dimension | dimensions | distance | distance across | domain | emptiness | empty space | enormity | enormousness | expansion | extension | extent | field | formidableness | fullness | galactic space | gauge | gigantism | girth | grandeur | grandness | great scope | greatness | height | hugeness | immensity | infinite space | infinity | intensity | interstellar space | largeness | latitude | length | length and breadth | magnitude | mass | measure | measurement | might | mightiness | muchness | nothingness | orbit | outer space | plenitude | power | prodigiousness | proportion | proportions | radius | range | reach | scale | scope | size | space | span | spatial extension | sphere | spread | strength | stretch | stupendousness | superficial extension | surface | sweep | territory | tract | tremendousness | vastness | void | volume | wideness | width

See Also | acreage | ambit | balk | baulk | blank space | compass | entity | erasure | extent | land area | orbit | physical thing | place | range | reach | scope | sheet | space | stretch

Expanse In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\Ex*panse"\, v. t. To expand. [Obs.] That lies expansed unto the eyes of all. --Sir. T. Browne.

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