Any distance between two things is called a span. These end points can be physical, like the span of a rope between two trees, or they can be more abstract, such as the span of time between five and six o'clock.
imp. & p. p. of
Noun
the act of sitting or standing astride
Noun
a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
Noun
the distance or interval between two points
Noun
a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
Noun
two items of the same kind
Noun
the complete duration of something; "the job was finished in the span of an hour"
Verb
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"
imp. & p. p. of Spin.
v. t.
The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger
when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.
v. t.
Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.
v. t.
The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or
of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its
supports.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
A pair of horses or other animals driven together;
usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as
an arch.
v. t.
To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
v. i.
To be matched, as horses.
imp.
of Spin
Span
Span
Yet not to earth's contracted span Thy goodness let me bound.
Life's but a span; I'll every inch enjoy.3.
Span
My right hand hath spanned the heavens.2.
The rivers were spanned by arches of solid masonry.3.
Span
imp. & p. p. of
The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.
To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object;
To be matched, as horses.
Usage Examples
In one century, we've added 28 years to our average life span - a change so rapid that our brains couldn't possibly have evolved to accommodate it.
As a freelance writer, I'd be asked to become an expert for various magazines on any subject, whether food or wine or history or the life span of veterinarians. I was completely unschooled in any of these things.
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.
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Other Usage ExamplesOf 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.
If the world's a veil of tears, Smile till rainbows span it.
I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war.