"handspan" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: handspans [plural]
Etymology: hand + span Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|span}} hand + span Head templates: {{en-noun}} handspan (plural handspans)
  1. The distance between the outstretched tips of the little finger and thumb when used as a unit of measurement. Synonyms: span Translations (a measurement): pam [masculine] (Catalan), vaaksa (Finnish), palmo [masculine] (Galician), arasz (Hungarian), jengkal (Indonesian), matikara (Maori), قارش (karış) (Ottoman Turkish), piędź [feminine] (Polish), palmo [masculine] (Portuguese), bicanga (Ternate), karış (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-handspan-en-noun-0MHGeqUR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Indonesian",
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          "lang": "Maori",
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          "code": "tft",
          "lang": "Ternate",
          "sense": "a measurement",
          "word": "bicanga"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a measurement",
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      ],
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a measurement",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a measurement",
      "word": "jengkal"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "a measurement",
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      "sense": "a measurement",
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      "lang": "Ternate",
      "sense": "a measurement",
      "word": "bicanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a measurement",
      "word": "karış"
    }
  ],
  "word": "handspan"
}

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