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SPAN (from O. Eng. spannan, to bind, connect together; the word is of general occurrence in Teutonic languages, the ultimate origin being the root spa-, to extend; stretch out, cf. Gr. oirav, to draw out, Lat. spatium, space) , a distance stretched, the space between terminal points. The word was formerly used as a measure of length= lo.368 in., taken from the stretch of the fully opened hand from thumb to little finger
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