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# wingspan

«wingspan» in Mova's school dictionary: **The distance from the tip of one wing to the tip of the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (wingspan, wingspans)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The distance from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing when they are stretched out, of a bird, bat, insect or aeroplane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wingspan/#m1)

2) (informal) The distance between someone's fingertips when their arms are stretched out sideways. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wingspan/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and maths lessons, wingspan is measured in centimetres or metres to compare animals; the wandering albatross has a wingspan of about 3 metres. In sport, a basketball player's wingspan helps them reach. It is a length.

### examples

- An albatross has the biggest wingspan of any bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wingspan/#x1)
- The plane's wingspan is 60 metres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wingspan/#x2)
- Measure the butterfly's wingspan with a ruler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wingspan/#x3)
- Pterosaurs had huge wingspans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wingspan/#x4)
- My arm wingspan is about the same as my height. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wingspan/#x5)
- The eagle spread its wings to show its wingspan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wingspan/#x6)

### note

One word. In maths problems it is a length, so it is measured in cm or m; to compare, subtract the smaller from the larger. Your arm span is usually close to your height.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wingspan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wingspan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.