Span may refer to:
Science, technology and engineering
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Span (unit), the width of a human hand
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Span (engineering), a section between two intermediate supports
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Wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...
, the distance between the wingtips of a bird or aircraft
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Sorbitan ester
Sorbitan is a mixture of isomeric organic compounds derived from the dehydration of sorbitol and is an intermediate in the conversion of sorbitol to isosorbide. Sorbitan is primarily used in the production of surfactants such as polysorbates; whic ...
s, also known as a spans
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Nebbiolo, an Italian wine grape also known as Span
Mathematics
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Linear span
In mathematics, the linear span (also called the linear hull or just span) of a set of vectors (from a vector space), denoted , pp. 29-30, §§ 2.5, 2.8 is defined as the set of all linear combinations of the vectors in . It can be characterized ...
, or simply span, in linear algebra
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Span (category theory)
In category theory, a span, roof or correspondence is a generalization of the notion of relation between two objects of a category. When the category has all pullbacks (and satisfies a small number of other conditions), spans can be considered as ...
Computing
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, an HTML element; See
span and div
* Switched Port Analyzer, Cisco implementation of
port mirroring
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Smartphone ad hoc network
* Critical path length in
analysis of parallel algorithms
Other uses
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Span (band), a Norwegian rock band
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Span (design firm), an American design studio
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''SPAN'' magazine, a publication of the US Embassy, New Delhi, India; see former editor
V. D. Trivadi V.D. Trivadi (1927–1985) was an Indian humorist, poet, and playwright in English. He was known for his columns and editorials published in ''The Times of India'' and was widely regarded as the Art Buchwald or Russell Baker of India. As an essayist ...
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Saudi Payments Network
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CME SPAN The Standard Portfolio Analysis of Risk, or SPAN, is a system for calculating margin requirements for futures
Futures may mean:
Finance
*Futures contract, a tradable financial derivatives contract
*Futures exchange, a financial market where futu ...
, Standard Portfolio Analysis of Risk, for futures contracts
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Span Developments, former UK builder
People
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Denard Span (born 1984), a baseball outfielder
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Henrik Span Henrik Span (17 April 1634 - 27 December 1694) was a naval officer in the Dutch, Venetian and DanishTopsøe-Jensen Vol 2 pp 235 - 236
services. He reached the rank of Admiral in the Royal Danish Navy in 1683 and headed the Royal Danish Naval Docky ...
Danish shipbuilder and admiral (1634–1694)
* ''Span.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of
Johan Baptist Spanoghe
Johan Baptist Spanoghe (1798, Madras Presidency, Madras – 22 April 1838, Pekalongan, Java) was a Dutch botanical collector of Belgian parentage.
A native of Madras, then part of Company rule in India, British India, in 1816 he became a civil se ...
(1798–1838), Dutch botanical collector
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