SPAN

1 A span is the period of time between two dates or events during which something exists, functions, or happens.
The batteries had a life span of six hours...
Gradually the time span between sessions will increase.


2 If something spans a long period of time, it lasts throughout that period of time or relates to that whole period of time.
His professional career spanned 16 years...
The film, spanning almost a quarter-century, tells the story of Henry Hill...
VERB: no passive, V n, V n

span:
span nf campata (bridges, electr, etc.)
span (couple) nf coppia
span (unit of length) nf spanna
span (bridge) nm ponte (arco di tempo)
span (pair) nm paio
span (cross) v attraversare
span (traverse) v traversare (fig. attraversare)

Compound Forms/Forme composte:
attention span curva dell'attenzione
have a short attention span avere una soglia di attenzione limitata
life span durata della vita
life span durata di un contratto
memory span durata della memoria
mid-span intermedio