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5 characters
English (US)
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spans

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

Because it is a word with a single syllable, spans is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofspans

1noun
  • The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; an eighth of a fathom.
  • (by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.

    Example: "He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes."

  • A portion of something by length; a subsequence.
  • The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.
  • The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
  • 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.
  • A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
  • The space of all linear combinations of something.
  • The time required to execute a parallel algorithm on an infinite number of processors, i.e. the shortest distance across a directed acyclic graph representing the computation steps.
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.

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