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Meaning:
acronym:
- Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network
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Noun:
- Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.
- mathematics the space of all linear combinations of something
- nautical A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.
- obsolete A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
- The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
- The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.
- The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.
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Verb:
- spin
- mathematics to generate an entire space by means of linear combinations
- obsolete intransitive Two horses of the same color drawing a carriage, moving in perfect unison.
- To cover or extend over an area or time period.
- To traverse the distance between.
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