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- Dictionarywing·span/ˈwiNGˌspan/
noun
- 1. the maximum extent across the wings of an aircraft or of a bird or other flying animal, measured from tip to tip: "an eagle with a wingspan of 7 ft"
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Distance from the tip of one limb such as an arm or wing to the tip of the paired limb, or analogically the same measure for airplane wings
The wingspan of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of 60.93 metres (199 ft 11 in), and a wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) caught in 1965 had a wingspan of 3.63 metres (11 ft 11 in), the official record for a living bird. The term wingspan, more technically extent, is also used for other winged animals... Wikipedia