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n//spæn//spann, spänna över, sträcka sig över, spänna upp
The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.
(architecture, construction) The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.
(architecture, construction) The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
(US, Canada) A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
(transitive) To extend through the distance between or across.
(transitive) To extend through (a time period).
(mathematics) To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.