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Definition of Span

Span imp. & p. p. of Spin. 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 between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports. 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. A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action. To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder. To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch. To fetter, as a horse; to hobble. To be matched, as horses. of Spin Related Definitions: Action, Also, An, And, Arch, As, Be, Beam, Between, Bight, Both, Bridge, Brief, By, Can, Center, Color, Cylinder, Distance, Driven, Eighth, Encompassing, End, Extended, Extent, Fast, Fathom, Fetter, Finger, Form, From, Girder, Hand, Having, Hence, Hobble, Hooked, Horse, Imp, In, Like, Little, Made, Matched, Measure, Nine, Object, Of, One, Or, Order, Other, Over, Pair, Portion, Purchase, Reach, Roof, Rope, Side, Similar, Small, So, Space, Span, Spin, Spread, Stretch, Such, That, The, Thumb, Time, To, Together, Truss, Used, When, With

Span Quotations I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that. Octavia Butler Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them. Arthur Schopenhauer I have a short attention span. Tony Scott We do as much harm holding onto programs and people past their natural life span as we do when we employ massive organizational air strikes. However, destroying comes at the end of life's cycle, not as a first response. Margaret J. Wheatley Of course, nobody would deny the importance of human beings for theological thinking, but the time span of history that theologians think about is a few thousand years of human culture rather than the fifteen billion years of the history of the universe. John Polkinghorne

Span Translations span in French is empan span in German is umfassen, Spanne span in Spanish is palmo span in Swedish is omfatta

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