palmspan

发音

UK /ˈpɑːmspæn/
UK /ˈpɑːmspan/

词形变化

palmspans 复数 palmspans

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A measure of length equivalent to the breadth of the palm of an average human hand.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:palmspan.

词源

From palm’s (“[of] the inner surface of the hand between the wrist and the fingers”) + span (“the distance between two ends of a thing, especially between those ends furthest apart from each other”).

来源：wiktionary