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expansion

mastery

/ɪkˈspænʃən/noun

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What does 'expansion' mean in this sentence?

Mother of mighty Rome's imperial line, / Delight of man, and of the powers divine, / Venus, all-bounteous queen! whose genial power / Diffuses beauty in unbounded store / Through seas, and fertile plains, and all that lies / Beneath the starred expansion of the skies.