| Pronunciation: | | ik'spans
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| Matching Terms: | | expansibility, expansible, expansile, expansion, expansion bit, expansion bolt, expansion card, expansion slot, expansionism, expansionist, expansive, expansive bit, expansive soils, expansively, expansiveness, expansivity, expansure
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | area, surface area, sweep |
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| | See Also: | | acreage, ambit, balk, baulk, blank space, compass, entity, erasure, extent, land area, orbit, physical thing, place, range, reach, scope, sheet, space, stretch |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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