expansumn.

Etymology: Latin, neuter of expansus, past participle of expandĕre to expand v. Adopted by scholars of 16–17th cent. as literal rendering of Hebrew rāqīăʿ (Vulgate firmamentum, King James Bible firmament).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: exˈpansum.

Obsolete.

= expanse n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > sky, heavens > [noun]

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1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi iv. §1. 60 The word Rakiah translated Firmament, signifieth Expansum, or expansionem, which is a stretching out; not onely from the earth, but about the earth.

1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New Planet (1684) ii. 39 The common People usually think the Rain to proceed from some Waters in the Expansum.

1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. xxv. 314 The mercy of God [is] a vast expansum and a huge Ocean.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 403 Till the whole expansum was cleared of these gross and opaque parts of matter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	expansum
释义	expansumn. Etymology: Latin, neuter of expansus, past participle of expandĕre to expand v. Adopted by scholars of 16–17th cent. as literal rendering of Hebrew rāqīăʿ (Vulgate firmamentum, King James Bible firmament).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: exˈpansum. Obsolete. = expanse n. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sky, heavens > [noun] roofeOE welkinc825 heaveneOE heightOE heavenOE liftOE loftOE welkin1122 skies?a1289 firmamentc1290 skewa1300 spherea1300 skewsc1320 hemispherec1374 cope of heavenc1380 clouda1400 skya1425 elementc1485 axle-treea1522 scrowc1540 pole1572 horizona1577 vaulta1586 round?1593 the cope1596 pend1599 floor1600 canopy1604 cope1609 expansion1611 concameration1625 convex1627 concave1635 expansum1635 blue1647 the expanse1667 blue blanket1726 empyrean1727 carry1788 span1803 overhead1865 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi iv. §1. 60 The word Rakiah translated Firmament, signifieth Expansum, or expansionem, which is a stretching out; not onely from the earth, but about the earth. 1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New Planet (1684) ii. 39 The common People usually think the Rain to proceed from some Waters in the Expansum. 1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. xxv. 314 The mercy of God [is] a vast expansum and a huge Ocean. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 403 Till the whole expansum was cleared of these gross and opaque parts of matter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1635
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