"attention span" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈtɛn.ʃən spæn/ Forms: attention spans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} attention span (plural attention spans)
  1. The length of time, or span that one can pay attention, or concentrate on one topic without becoming distracted. Wikipedia link: attention span Translations (time one can pay attention): aandachtsspanne (Dutch), spanningsboog (Dutch), keskittymiskyky (Finnish), keskittymisjänne (Finnish), huomiojänne (Finnish), capacité de concentration [feminine] (French), Aufmerksamkeitsspanne [feminine] (German), koncentracja uwagi [feminine] (Polish)

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