span
noun
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- The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.
- (architecture, construction) The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.
- (architecture, construction) The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
- (US, Canada) A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
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spann
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span
verb
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- (mathematics) To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.
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spänna upp
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- (transitive) To extend through the distance between or across.
- (transitive) To extend through (a time period).
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spänna över,
sträcka sig över
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