expanse

expanse
/ik spans"/, n.
1. an uninterrupted space or area; a wide extent of anything: an expanse of water.
2. something that is spread out, esp. over a relatively large area: that great expanse, the sky.
3. expansion; extension: the wide expanse of scientific knowledge.
[1660-70; < NL expansum, n. use of neut. of L expansus, ptp. of expandere to EXPAND]
Syn. 1. sweep, reach, range, stretch.

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