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Phrases 12
- attention spansplural of attention span: The length of time, or span that one can pay attention, or concentrate on one topic without becoming distracted.
- arm spansplural of arm span: The length of a person's outstretched arms, measured from the fingertips of the two middle fingers. See also fathom
- health spansplural of health span: The length of time in one's life where one is generally in good health.
- knot spansplural of knot span: The range of parameter values between two successive knots in a spline.
- life spansplural of life span: The length of time for which an organism lives.
- lifting spansPlural of lifting span: A span of a bridge that can be raised to allow boats and ships through; these can have different forms.
- linear spansplural of linear span: A linear subspace generated by all linear combinations of a given subset of vectors of a given vector space.
- memory spansplural of memory span: 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).
- time spansplural of time span: An interval of time.
- affine spansplural of affine span: Synonym of hull (“geometrical intersection of sets”).
- snops and spansSynonym of spans and snops: A game of marbles in which players take turns to shoot a marble at the other player's marble, aiming to hit it or land sufficiently close.
- spans and snopsA game of marbles in which players take turns to shoot a marble at the other player's marble, aiming to hit it or land sufficiently close.
Compound words 23
- lifespansplural of lifespan: The length of time for which an organism lives.
- palmspansplural of palmspan: A measure of length equivalent to the breadth of the palm of an average human hand.
- armspansplural of armspan: The length of a person's outstretched arms, measured from the fingertips of the two middle fingers. See also fathom
- clearspansplural of clearspan: A span between e.g. roof timbers that is clear of obstructions.
- drawspansplural of drawspan: The operational span of a drawbridge.
- endspansplural of endspan: The end of the structural element which is under shear loading.
- eyespansplural of eyespan: The distance between the eyes
- gerospansplural of gerospan: The length of time in one's life where one is geriatric.
- Greenspansplural of Greenspan: A surname.
- handspansplural of handspan: The distance between the outstretched tips of the little finger and thumb when used as a unit of measurement.