firmament

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But at no portion of the firmament was the polarisation complete.

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  1. noun The vault or expanse of the heavens; the sky.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin firmāmentum, from Latin, support, from firmāre, to strengthen; see firm2.

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  1. from Middle English firmament (also translated fastness, q. v.) = D. G. Danish Swedish firmament, from Old French firmament, French firmament = Provencal fermamen = Spanish Portuguese firmamento = Italian fermamento, from Latin firmomentum, a strengthening, support, prop, in Late Latin (Vulgate) the firmament (transitive Greek στερέωμα, Hebrew rakia: see note to def. 2), from firmare, make strong, strengthen: see firm, v.
 

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