NOUN
  • Definition - The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; an eighth of a fathom.
  • Definition - (by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.
  • Example - He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.
  • Definition - A portion of something by length; a subsequence.
  • Example - He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.
  • Definition - The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.
  • Example - He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.
  • Definition - The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
  • Example - He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.
  • Definition - 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.
  • Example - He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.
  • Definition - A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
  • Example - He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.
  • Definition - The space of all linear combinations of something.
  • Example - He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.
  • Definition - 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.
  • Example - He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.
VERB
  • Definition - To extend through the distance between or across.
  • Example - The suspension bridge spanned the canyon.
  • Definition - To extend through (a time period).
  • Example - The novel spans three centuries.
  • Definition - To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.
  • Example - to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder
  • Definition - To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.
  • Example - to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder
  • Definition - To be matched, as horses.
  • Example - to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder
  • Definition - To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
  • Example - to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
snaps 7 spans 7
4 Letter Words
asps 6 naps 6 pans 6 pass 6 saps 6 snap 6 span 6 spas 6 sans 4
3 Letter Words
asp 5 nap 5 pan 5 pas 5 sap 5 spa 5 ass 3 san 3
2 Letter Words
pa 4 an 2 as 2 na 2
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