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Span
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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. | Any of various traditional units of length approximating this distance, especially the English handspan of 9 inches forming ⅛ fathom and equivalent to 22.86 cm. | A small space or a brief portion of time.
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It seems worth noting that the periods of medieval German literature span two or three centuries, those of early modern German literature span one century, and those of modern German literature each span one or two decades.
The detection sensitivity of pulsar timing arrays to nanohertz gravitational waves strongly depends on the observational time span—that is, sensitivity grows rapidly with the increase in observational time span.
Like most other insects, there are several different species of Antlions, ranging from a 2cm wing span to 15cm wing span.
A commonly used measure is a dual-task paradigm, combining a memory span measure with a concurrent processing task, sometimes referred to as "complex span".
A 'flat hierarchy' is a branching hierarchy in which the maximum degree approaches infinity, i.e., that has a wide span. citation (registration required) Most often, systems intuitively regarded as hierarchical have at most a moderate span.
A T1 span can have up to +-130 Volts of DC power superimposed on the associated four wire cable pairs to line or "Span" power line repeaters, and T1 NIU's (T1 Smartjacks).
Expressions for the polynomial pieces can be derived by means of the Cox-de Boor recursion formula de Boor, p 131. : : de Boor, p. 131 That is, is piecewise constant one or zero indicating which knot span x is in (zero if knot span j is repeated).
Given a set of vectors that span a space, if any vector w is a linear combination of other vectors (and so the set is not linearly independent), then the span would remain the same if we remove w from the set.
In the Greek, that time span is given as one thousand and seventy-two years, while the Samaritan, the recorded span is nine hundred and forty-two years.
Moreover, as stated in the lemma below, the closed linear span is indeed the closure of the linear span.
Ribbon advance was fixed to always span the largest character shape, so a row of periods would consume as much fresh ribbon as a row of W's, with a large span of unused carbon between each dot.
Since 1964 its main span length has been surpassed by ten bridges; it now has the second-longest main span in the United States, after the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge in New York City.
T1 span repeaters are typically engineered up to convert apart, depending on cable gauge, and at no more than 36 dB of loss before requiring a repeated span.
The eastern span has now been replaced with a dramatic single-tower self-anchoring suspension span.
The most significant ones are in Tungurahua province - namely a large span over the exact point of headwaters, just north of Baños, and the secondary span created by the Agoyan dam.
The span of convert across Great South Bay to Captree Island features a main span of convert, with a clearance for boats of convert.
A cycle with a magnetic drive will be much quieter than one with a friction resistance system, and basically won't need any maintenance over its life span — but the upfront cost might be more.
A decrease of 86 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
After facing a pair of top-20 opponents in a span of 48 hours, Fuchs said the team was rightfully exhausted.
After his portrayal in season 2, the real Pat Riley went on to win three NBA Titles with the Los Angeles Lakers in a four-year span.