American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. A wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or
sky. - n. Expansion. - n. The distance or amount of expansion.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia - Expanded; spread out. -
Separate; single: said especially of years in old planetary
tables. - n. Spatial or superficial extension; an uninterrupted
stretch or area, especially one of considerable extent. - n.
Specifically In zoology, the extent or stretch of wing; the
distance from tip to tip when the wings, as of an insect or a
bird, are fully expanded. Also called alar expanse or extent. -
n. Enlargement; extension; expansion. - n. Synonyms See extent.
- To expand; stretch out. GNU Webster's 1913 - n. That which is
expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body;
especially, the arch of the sky. - v. obsolete To expand. - n.
the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary
- n. a wide scope - n. a wide and open space or area as of
surface or land or sky - From Latin