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spannable

adj

Etymology

From span + -able.

  1. derived from *(s)pend-✻ — “to stretch”
  2. inherited from *spannō✻ — “span, handbreadth”
  3. inherited from spann
  4. inherited from spanne
  5. suffixed as spannable — “span + able”

Definitions

  1. Able to be spanned.

    • The span length for the proposed line design is 800 to 1,000 feet, thus many wetlands less than 800 feet in width could likely be spanned. For 115 kV construction, the maximum spannable distance is 800 feet.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA