handspan

English

Etymology

From hand +‎ span.

Noun

handspan (plural handspans)

1. The distance between the outstretched tips of the little finger and thumb when used as a unit of measurement.

   Synonym: span

Translations

a measurement

Catalan: pam (ca) m Finnish: vaaksa (fi) Galician: palmo (gl) m Hungarian: arasz (hu) Indonesian: jengkal (id) Maori: matikara Ottoman Turkish: قارش (karış) Polish: piędź (pl) f Portuguese: palmo (pt) m Russian: пядь (ru) f (pjadʹ) Ternate: bicanga Turkish: karış (tr)