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'Span' is the width of a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the pinky finger. ''See also:'' English unit
; 1 span := 9 inches
:= 0.2286 m
In Slavic languages, the analogue of span is 'pyad' (''peti, пядь''). It is the width from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the forefinger. ''See also:'' Obsolete Russian weights and measures
; 1 pyad := 4 vershok
:= 7 inches
:= 0.1778 m
In Swahili, the equivalent of span is ''futuri''. [1]