2syllables
spanning
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Definitions ofspanning
1verb
- To extend through the distance between or across.
Example: "The suspension bridge spanned the canyon."
- To extend through (a time period).
Example: "The novel spans three centuries."
- 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"
- To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.
- To be matched, as horses.
- To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
1noun
- The process by which something is spanned.
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