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noun
1.
the distance between the tip of the thumb and the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended.
2.
a unit of length corresponding to this distance, commonly taken as 9 inches (23 cm).
3.
a distance, amount, piece, etc., of this length or of some small extent: a span of lace.
4.
Civil Engineering, Architecture.
a.
the distance between two supports of a structure.
b.
the structure so supported.
c.
the distance or space between two supports of a bridge.
5.
EXPANDthe full extent, stretch, or reach of anything: a long span of memory.
verb (used with object)
9.
to measure by the hand with the thumb and little finger extended.
10.
to encircle with the hand or hands, as the waist.
11.
to extend over or across (a section of land, a river, etc.).
12.
to provide with something that extends over: to span a river with a bridge.
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EXPANDto extend or reach over (space or time): a memory that spans 90 years.
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Spanned
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English spanne, sponne, spayn, Old English span(n), spon(n); cognate with German Spanne, Dutch span, Old Norse spǫnn; (v.) Middle English spaynen, derivative of the noun
before 900; (noun) Middle English spanne, sponne, spayn, Old English span(n), spon(n); cognate with German Spanne, Dutch span, Old Norse spǫnn; (v.) Middle English spaynen, derivative of the noun
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span
"two animals driven together," 1769, from Du. span, from spannen "to stretch or yoke," from M.Du. spannen, cognate with O.E. spannen "to join" (see span (v.)).
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