The distance or length between two points or supports; the breadth or reach of something from end to end.
The span of the bridge is 500 meters.
A pair of animals, especially horses, matched in appearance and action and driven together.
The farmer drove a span of horses to plow the field.
A unit of measurement equal to the distance between the tip of the thumb and the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended, approximately 9 inches.
The craftsman measured the wood using a span.
A length or interval of time.
Over a span of ten years, the village doubled in size.