"wingspan" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wingspans [plural]
Etymology: wing + span Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wing|span}} wing + span Head templates: {{en-noun}} wingspan (plural wingspans)
  1. (usually in singular) The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.). Tags: singular, usually Translations (the distance from left wingtip to right): envergadura [feminine] (Catalan), 翼展 (yìzhǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), rozpětí křídel [neuter] (Czech), vingefang [neuter] (Danish), spanwijdte (Dutch), enverguro (Esperanto), siipien kärkiväli (Finnish), siipiväli (Finnish), kärkiväli (Finnish), envergure [feminine] (French), ფრთების შლილი (prtebis šlili) (Georgian), ფრთათშორისი განი (prtatšorisi gani) (Georgian), Flügelspannweite [feminine] (German), Spannweite [feminine] (German), szárnyfesztávolság (Hungarian), fesztávolság (Hungarian), fesztáv (Hungarian), szárnyszélesség (Hungarian), vænghaf [neuter] (Icelandic), réise sciathán [feminine] (Irish), apertura alare [feminine] (Italian), талбас (talbas) (Khakas), vingespenn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), rozpiętość skrzydeł [feminine] (Polish), envergadura [feminine] (Portuguese), envergadura [feminine] (Spanish), vingbredd (Swedish), lled esgyll [masculine] [aviation, aeronautics, aerospace, engineering, business, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Welsh), lled adenydd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-wingspan-en-noun-fFXNfTQf Disambiguation of 'the distance from left wingtip to right': 94 6
  2. (usually in singular) One's arm span. See also fathom Tags: singular, usually
    Sense id: en-wingspan-en-noun-S0sOm7pZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wingspread, arm span, armspan

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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      "sense": "the distance from left wingtip to right",
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