From the Mustard Museum in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, to the Effigy Mounds of Marquette, Iowa, Midwest Marvels presents useful information about attractive features, history, locations, hours, prices of admission, and.
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.
Something, such as a railroad trestle or bridge, that extends from one point to another. The distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended, formerly used as a unit of measure equal to about 9 inches (23 centimeters). A period of time: a span of life. transitive verb. spanned, spanÂ·ning, spans . To extend across in space or time: a bridge that spans the gorge; a career that spanned 40 years. To encircle or cover with the hand or hands. To measure in spans. Origin of span. Middle English unit of measurement from Old English spann; see (s)pen-in Indo-European roots.