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Span is the amount of area or the amount of time that something encompasses. 1  An example of span is how long you live. 2  An example of span is a house on three acres.  a unit of linear measure equal to nine inches: originally based on the distance between the tips of a man's extended thumb and little finger.
A span is the distance measured by a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger. In ancient times, a span was considered to be half a cubit.