span
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
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.
- 2.
Any of various traditional units of length approximating this distance, especially the English handspan of 9 inches forming ⅛ fathom and equivalent to 22.86 cm.
- 3.
(broadly)(by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.
He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.
- 4.
A portion of something by length; a subsequence.
- 5.
(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.
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(architecture, construction) The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
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(nautical) 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.
- 8.
(Canada, US)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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(mathematics) The space of all linear combinations of vectors within a set.
- 10.
(computing) 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.
- 11.
wingspan of a plane or bird
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To extend across (a gap or space between two sides).
The suspension bridge spanned the canyon.
- 2.
(transitive)To cover or extend over (an area or distance).
The parking lot spans three acres.
The forest spans the entire valley.
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(transitive)(transitive) To extend through (a period of time).
The novel spans three centuries.
His career spanned five decades.
- 4.
(transitive)To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.
to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder
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(mathematics) To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.
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(US, dated, intransitive)To be matched, as horses.
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(transitive)To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
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(dated, form of, past, uncommon)(dated, now uncommon) simple past of spin
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From Middle English spanne, from Old English spann, from Proto-Germanic *spannō (span, handbreadth), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (to stretch).