WINGSPAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wingspan mean? 

• WINGSPAN (noun)
  The noun WINGSPAN has 1 sense:

1. linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil

  Familiarity information: WINGSPAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WINGSPAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

wingspan; wingspread

Hypernyms ("wingspan" is a kind of...):

distance; length (size of the gap between two places)

 Context examples 

Its wingspan varies from 1.5 to 3.5 meters.

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