<b><font size="4">"span"</font></b><br/><b>noun</b> <ol> <li>the complete duration of something; "the job was finished in the span of an hour" </li> <li>the distance or interval between two points </li> <li>two items of the same kind [syn: <a href="../couple.html">couple</a>, <a href="../pair.html">pair</a>, <a href="../twosome.html">twosome</a>, <a href="../twain.html">twain</a>, <a href="../brace.html">brace</a>, <a href="../yoke.html">yoke</a>, <a href="../couplet.html">couplet</a>, <a href="../distich.html">distich</a>, <a href="../duo.html">duo</a>, <a href="../duet.html">duet</a>, <a href="../dyad.html">dyad</a>, <a href="../duad.html">duad</a>] </li> <li>a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches) </li> <li>a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. [syn: <a href="../bridge.html">bridge</a>] </li> <li>the act of sitting or standing astride [syn: <a href="../straddle.html">straddle</a>]</li> </ol> <b>verb</b> <ol> <li>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" [syn: <a href="../cross.html">cross</a>, <a href="../traverse.html">traverse</a>, <a href="../sweep.html">sweep</a>] [also: <a href="/">spanning</a>, <a href="/">spanned</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../span.html">http://www.word.sc/span</a>

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