1.b> i> , ; ; over a span of ten years, the company has made great progress i> ; the project must be completed within a specific time span / ; it'll be difficult to hire that many new staff in such a short time span / ; small children have a short attention span ; seventy or eighty years is the normal span of a man's life - / [.i> .i> life-spanr>];
2.b> / i> ; ; the kite has a span of 1.5 metres 1,5 ; huge wings with a span of over a metre , / [.i> .i> wingspanr>];
3.b> .i> (;i> .i> wingspan);
4.b> i> ( / i>); the bridge crosses the river in a single span ; the first span of the bridge is one hundred metres long .