"handspan" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "hand + span",
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  "etymology_text": "From hand + span.",
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        "The distance between the outstretched tips of the little finger and thumb when used as a unit of measurement."
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        [
          "distance",
          "distance"
        ],
        [
          "little finger",
          "little finger"
        ],
        [
          "thumb",
          "thumb"
        ],
        [
          "measurement",
          "measurement"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "span"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a measurement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pam"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a measurement",
          "word": "vaaksa"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a measurement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "palmo"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a measurement",
          "word": "arasz"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a measurement",
          "word": "jengkal"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a measurement",
          "word": "matikara"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "karış",
          "sense": "a measurement",
          "word": "قارش"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a measurement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "piędź"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a measurement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "palmo"
        },
        {
          "code": "tft",
          "lang": "Ternate",
          "sense": "a measurement",
          "word": "bicanga"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a measurement",
          "word": "karış"
        }
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  "word": "handspan"
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      "expansion": "hand + span",
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  "etymology_text": "From hand + span.",
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      "form": "handspans",
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      ],
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          "distance",
          "distance"
        ],
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          "little finger",
          "little finger"
        ],
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          "thumb",
          "thumb"
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          "measurement",
          "measurement"
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        {
          "word": "span"
        }
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pam"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a measurement",
      "word": "vaaksa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "palmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a measurement",
      "word": "arasz"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a measurement",
      "word": "jengkal"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a measurement",
      "word": "matikara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "karış",
      "sense": "a measurement",
      "word": "قارش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a measurement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piędź"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a measurement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "palmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tft",
      "lang": "Ternate",
      "sense": "a measurement",
      "word": "bicanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a measurement",
      "word": "karış"
    }
  ],
  "word": "handspan"
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