Immense+expanse

  • 1expanse — expanse, amplitude, spread, stretch are comparable when they denote an area or range of considerable or conspicuous extent. Expanse is applied chiefly to vast areas open to view and usually uniform in character {pure as the expanse of Heaven… …

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  • 2Panspermia — (Greek: πανσπερμία from πᾶς/πᾶν (pas/pan) all and σπέρμα (sperma) seed ) is the hypothesis that life exists throughout the Universe, distributed by meteoroids, asteroids and planetoids.[1] Panspermia proposes tha …

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  • 3vast — [[t]væst, vɑst[/t]] adj., er, est, n. 1) of very great area or extent 2) of very great size or proportions 3) very great in number, quantity, or amount 4) very great in degree or intensity 5) Literary. an immense expanse or space • Etymology:… …

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  • 4great sea — Ocean O cean ([=o] shan), n. [F. oc[ e]an, L. oceanus, Gr. wkeano s ocean, in Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.] 1. The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; called also… …

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  • 5Ocean — O cean ([=o] shan), n. [F. oc[ e]an, L. oceanus, Gr. wkeano s ocean, in Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.] 1. The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; called also the… …

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  • 6sea — Ocean O cean ([=o] shan), n. [F. oc[ e]an, L. oceanus, Gr. wkeano s ocean, in Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.] 1. The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; called also… …

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  • 7Antipodes — For other uses, see Antipode (disambiguation). This map shows the antipodes of each point on the Earth s surface – the points where the blue and yellow overlap are land antipodes most land has its antipodes in the ocean. This map uses the Lambert …

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  • 8Apollon Grigoryev — Apollon Grigoryev, a Russian poet Apollon Aleksandrovich Grigoryev (also spelled Grigor ev and Grigoriev; Russian: Аполлон Александрович Григорьев; July 20, 1822 October 7, 1864) was a Russian poet, literary and theatrical critic, translator,… …

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  • 9Religion in Australia — There is no state religion in Australia, the establishment of which is prohibited by the Constitution. Nearly two thirds (64%) of the population claim at least nominal adherence to a Christian based religion, but nearly one third (30%), do not… …

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  • 10Antipodes — • Speculations concerning the rotundity of the earth and the possible existence of human beings with their feet turned towards ours were of interest to the Fathers of the Early Church only in so far as they seemed to encroach upon the fundamental …

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