- cross: to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
- the complete duration of something; "the job was finished in the span of an hour"
- the distance or interval between two points
- couple: two items of the same kind
- a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
- bridge: a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
- Span is the distance between two intermediate supports for a structure, e.g. a beam or a bridge. A span can be closed by a solid beam or of a rope. The first kind is used for bridges, the second one for power lines, overhead telecommunication lines, some type of antennas or for aerial tramways.
- SPAN was a Norwegian rock band that formed in 2000 from the ashes of two other outfits; Explicit Lyrics and Squid. ...
- A span, in category theory, is a generalization of the notion of relation between two objects of a category. When the category has all pullbacks (and satisfies a small number of other conditions), spans can be considered as morphisms in a category of fractions.
- Connect Four (also known as Four Up, Plot Four, Find Four, Four in a Row, and Four in a Line) is a two-player game in which the players first choose a color and then take turns dropping their colored discs from the top into a seven-column, six-row vertically-suspended grid. ...
- In the mathematical subfield of linear algebra, the linear span, also called the linear hull, of a set of vectors in a vector space is the intersection of all subspaces containing that set. The linear span of a set of vectors is therefore a vector space.
- The Suicide Prevention Action Network USA (SPAN USA) is a 501(c)(3) organization that was founded in 1996 by Gerald and Elsie Weyrauch, whose 34-year-old daughter, Terri, died by suicide. ...
- The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom; Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time; 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 ...
- (Spans) A raster-based GIS software package produced by PCI-Geomatics
- The horizontal distance from eaves to eaves.
- The clear distance that a framing member carries a load without support between structural supports. The horizontal distance from eaves to eaves.
- Width of building inside to inside of wall panels (sidewall to sidewall).
- The distance between the main frame columns measured parallel to the endwall.
- To cover all contingencies within a specified range.
- the kite width, the size of the kite measured at right angles to the wind. Usually the longest dimension of a kite.
- Distance from edge of thumb hole nearest to the center, to the edge of finger holes nearest to the center.
- How far a bellow opens; includes the thickness of both pieces of wood (or other material). (See Recovering Bellows - click here), Or, return to the previous page - Click Here
- On a bowling ball, the distance between the thumb and finger holes
- The algebraic difference between the limits of the range.
- The region (in base coordinates) where a sequence feature begins and where it ends