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Spanning

To extend through the distance between or across.

📖 Definitions of "Spanning"

verb
  1. 1

    To extend through the distance between or across.

    "The suspension bridge spanned the canyon."

  2. 2

    To extend through (a time period).

    "The novel spans three centuries."

  3. 3

    To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.

    "to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder"

  4. 4

    To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.

noun
  1. 1

    The process by which something is spanned.

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