The number of items, usually words or numbers, that a person can retain and recall. Memory span is a test of working memory (short-term memory). In a typical test of memory span, an examiner reads a list of random numbers aloud at about the rate of one number per second. At the end of a sequence, the person being tested is asked to recall the items [..]

The horizontal distance between structural supports, such as walls, columns, piers, beams, girders and trusses.

Distance equal to the wingspread of the air tanker being used; used for corrections right or left of the flight path. 

"distance between two objects," from Old English span "distance between the thumb and little finger of an extended hand" (as a measure of length, roughly nine inches), probably rel [..]

"two animals driven together," 1769, American English, from Dutch span, from spannen "to stretch or yoke," from Middle Dutch spannan, cognate with Old English spannan "to join [..]

Old English spannan "to join, link, clasp, fasten, bind, connect; stretch, span," from Proto-Germanic *spannan (source also of Old Norse spenna, Old Frisian spanna, Middle Dutch spannen, Dut [..]

to extend over or across something.

Move your marker when in the way of another persons line of putt.

cross: to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel [..]

The difference between the upper and lower limits of a range, expressed in the same units as the range.

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In flat conductors, distance between the reference edge of the first and the last conductor. In round conductors, distance between centers of the first and last conductors.

The horizontal distance between supporting structures such as beams, trusses or columns.

The difference between the highest value and the lowest value.

The distance between the supports of beams, girders or trusses.

The horizontal distance between the gantry rails.

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Breadth of opening between imposts of arch, walls of room, etc.    (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 415)

Spanish

(n) the complete duration of something(n) the distance or interval between two points(n) two items of the same kind(n) a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as [..]

 - 1) Refers to the distance between two poles of a transmission or distribution line. 2) The algebraic difference between the upper and lower values of a range.

The horizontal distance between two adjacent power poles or supporting points of a conductor.

The clear distance that a framing member carries a load without support between structural supports. The horizontal distance from eaves to eaves.

The width of the metal bellows. The distance from the inside diameter to the outside diameter.

The distance between the structural supports of beams and girders.

Usually short for ‘wingspan’, although where specified could refer to the width of other objects.

The distance between supports. Structural Integrity:

A wire rope or line between davit heads.

The distance between any two similar members, as the span of the frames. Also used to describe the length of a member between its supports, as the span of a girder.

, memory. See MEMORY SPAN.

A rope made fast by both ends to a spar or stay, usually for the purpose of booking a tackle to. Very long spans are now commonly fitted to gaffs to hook the peak halyards to.

the width of a spread hand.

is a generic HTML element, used for organizing and styling inline-level content such as text and images. As with the HTML div, spans should only be used when no other semantically appropriate element [..]

The scale or range of values an instrument is designed to measure. Also see RANGE.

A span is an individual bar in a ServiceNow timeline that measures the start and end date for a configured activity on a ServiceNow table. When you create a span in a timeline, you can define attribut [..]

The distance from tip to tip of the wing or tailplane.

The horizontal distance center-to-center of runway rails.

Span is otherwise identified as GAIN. It relates to the proportional output to the sensor input.

The algebraic difference between the upper and lower range values expressed in the same units as the range. Further Reading

The distance between supports.

The distance between the centres of supports for a beam or truss. This is greater than the width of the opening but less than the length of the beam. Where spans are quoted in design calculations this should not be taken as the length of the beam!

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. * Alexander Pope *: Yet not to earth's c [..]

To cover all contingencies within a specified range.