noun Download 🔗Share The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; an eighth of a fathom. Examples : "My outstretched hand spanned nine inches. " body nautical space Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time. Examples : "He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes." time gap period Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A portion of something by length; a subsequence. Examples : "The old wooden bridge was reinforced with steel spans to make it safer. " part amount space time Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports. Examples : "The bridge's spans are so long that it takes several minutes to drive across. " architecture building technical structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports. Examples : "The electrician measured the spans of cable between each light fixture to ensure they were all equal. " technical utility architecture building structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used. Examples : "The carpenter used the rope spans to lift the heavy beam. " nautical sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action. Examples : "The farmer hitched two horses, a matching span of chestnut geldings, to the plow. " animal vehicle agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The space of all linear combinations of something. Examples : ""The spans of two vectors can create an entire plane, allowing you to reach any point within it." " math space Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The time required to execute a parallel algorithm on an infinite number of processors, i.e. the shortest distance across a directed acyclic graph representing the computation steps. Examples : "The spans of the project's dependencies, when optimized for maximum parallelism, revealed that the quickest possible completion time was only two days. " computing math technical time process structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To extend through the distance between or across. Examples : "The suspension bridge spanned the canyon." area geography space Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To extend through (a time period). Examples : "The novel spans three centuries." time period history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object. Examples : "to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder" body action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations. Examples : "The two vectors, (1,0) and (0,1), spans the entire 2D plane, meaning any point on the plane can be reached by adding scaled versions of those two vectors. " math space Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be matched, as horses. Examples : "The farmer ensured the two horses that pulled the plow spans each other, with equal height and strength, for efficient work. " animal vehicle Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To fetter, as a horse; to hobble. Examples : "The rancher spans the horse's front legs to prevent it from running away too far while grazing. " animal agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading