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‖ exˈpansum Obs.
[L., neut. of expansus, pa. pple. of expandĕre to expand. Adopted by scholars of 16–17th c. as lit. rendering of Heb. rāqīaﻋ (Vulg. firmamentum, AV. firmament).]
= expanse n.
1635Swan Spec. M. iv. §1 (1643) 54 The Expansum, or stretching out of the Heavens. 1640Wilkins New Planet ii. (1684) 39 The common People usually think the Rain to proceed from some Waters in the Expansum. 1651Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year i. xxv. 314 The mercy of God [is] a vast expansum and a huge Ocean. 1794Sullivan View Nat. II. 403 Till the whole expansum was cleared of these gross and opaque parts of matter. |