To extend through the distance between or across.
To extend through (a time period).
To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.
To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.
To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
The space of all linear combinations of something.
A portion of something by length; a subsequence.
A small space or a brief portion of time.
The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.
The time required to execute a parallel algorithm on an infinite number of processors, i.e. the shortest distance across a directed acyclic graph representing the computation steps.
wingspan of a plane or bird
The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
Any of various traditional units of length approximating this distance, especially the English handspan of 9 inches forming ⅛ fathom and equivalent to 22.86 cm.
A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.
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.
To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions.
To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
The difference between the prices of two similar items.
An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
Excessive width of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
The difference between bidding and asking price.
The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
The act of spreading.
An expanse of land.
Something that has been spread.
A set of multiple torpedoes launched on side-by-side, slowly-diverging paths toward one or more enemy ships.
Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
A numerical difference.
The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.