2. Verb. (third-person singular of span) ¹
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Definition of Spans
1. span [v] - See also: span
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spans
Literary usage of Spans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Some engineers prefer this type for spans as long as 125 feet. ... Plate- girder
spans over 70 feet long generally rest on pin bearings at each end, ..."
2. The Theory and Practice of Modern Framed Structures, Designed for the Use of by John Butler Johnson, Charles Walter Bryan, Frederick Eugene Turneaure, William Spaulding Kinne (1910)
"General Arrangement of spans.—A cantilever bridge is one in which one or more of its
... Two general arrangements of spans are illustrated in Figs, i and 2. ..."
3. The Theory and Practice of Modern Framed Structures: Designed for the Use of by John Butler Johnson, Charles Walter Bryan, Frederick Eugene Turneaure, William Spaulding Kinne (1910)
"General Arrangement of spans.—A cantilever bridge is one in which one or more of its
... Two general arrangements of spans are illustrated in Figs, i and 2. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The side spans are erected first on staging and anchored to ... Typical Cantilever
Bridge. centre span is sso ft. and the side spans 400 ft. ..."
5. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"119 Operating Ropes, Deflecting Sheaves for 117 Operating Ropes for Lift spans .
. 115 Operating Ro|>es, Sheaves for, Deflecting 117 Operating Ropes, ..."
6. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1914)
"Through Plate Girder spans.—Show on top of sheet an elevation of the far girder as
... What is said under eclc spans " about showing bridge-seat, back wall, ..."
7. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1918)
"In skew spans it is always preferable to have an uneven number of panels in the
... Through Plate Girder spans.—Show on top of sheet an elevation of the far ..."
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