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spanning

verb

Meaning

  1. To extend through the distance between or across.
  2. To extend through (a time period).
  3. To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.
  4. To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.
  5. To be matched, as horses.
  6. To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
  7. The process by which something is spanned.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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