expanse - Definition | Dictionary definition of expanse

Definition of expanse

a wide scope

Type of:: ambit, compass, orbit, range, reach, scope
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; acreage, land area
an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming); footprint
the area taken up by some object; erasure
a surface area where something has been erased; blank space, place, space
a blank area; margin
the blank space that surrounds the text on a page; indent, indentation, indention, indenture
the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line; space
one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; balk, baulk
the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; plane section, section
(geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid; cross section
a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis

Type of:: extent
the distance or area or volume over which something extends

a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky

Types:: sheet
any broad thin expanse or surface; stretch
a large and unbroken expanse or distance; slack, slack water
a stretch of water without current or movement