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Meaning of spans
noun
- The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; an eighth of a fathom.
- (by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time. Example: He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.
- A portion of something by length; a subsequence.
- The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.
- The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
verb
- To extend through the distance between or across. Example: The suspension bridge spanned the canyon.
- To extend through (a time period). Example: The novel spans three centuries.
- To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object. Example: to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder
- To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.
- To be matched, as horses.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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