What is Span (unit of length)?
[[Image:Mesures de la main artlibre jnl.png|thumb|right|250px|Three archaic hand units of measurment:<br /> 1: [[Hand (unit)|Hand]] = 4 inches = 10.16 cm<br /> 2: '''Span''' = 9 inches = 22.86 cm<br /> 3: [[Palm (unit)|Palm]] = 3 inches = 7.62 cm ]] '''Span''' is the width of a [[human]] hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the [[pinky finger]]. ; 1 span := 9 [[inch]]es := 0.2286 [[metre|m]] In [[Slavic languages|Slavic language]], the analogue of span is '''pyad''' (''peti, пядь''). It is the width from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the [[forefinger]]. ; 1 pyad := 4 [[vershok]] := 7 [[inch]]es := 0.1778 [[metre|m]] {{stub}} [[Category:Units of length]]