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Span

/spˈæn/
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(noun) 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.

The bridge has a span of 100 meters.
Thanks to these discoveries, man's life span has become twice as long as before.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The new bridge has a continuous ____ of several hundred meters over the wide river valley.

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