"span" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

span sustantivo

sustantivo + span
Kolokacji: 27
life span • time span • attention span • span of several days • wing span • ...
(3) wing, center, truss
Kolokacji: 3
(5) foot, m, metre, digit
Kolokacji: 4
2. span of several m = okres z kilka m span of several m
4. digit span = okres cyfry digit span
  • For example, Chinese speakers as compared to English speakers had a greater digit span.
  • The task is known as digit span when numbers are used.
  • The length of the longest list a person can remember is that person's digit span.
  • The average digit span for normal adults without error is seven plus or minus two.
  • Ericsson et al. conducted a study with an undergraduate student "S.F." who had an initial digit span of 7 (within the normal range).
  • Following more than 230 hours of practice, S.F. was able to increase his digit span to 79.
  • With the use of mnemonic strategies (practice sessions in the laboratory) he was able to increase his digit span from 7 to 79.
  • The only reported neurological effect was a statistically significant decrease in simple reaction time and digit span among workers aged 30-44.
  • For example, digit span may be used to get a sense of attentional difficulties.
  • "With the first subject, after about 20 hours of training, his digit span had risen from 7 to 20," Ericsson recalls.
(6) arm, steel, suspension
Kolokacji: 3
span + verbo
Kolokacji: 4
span covering • span opens • span carries • span collapses
adjetivo + span
Kolokacji: 48
short span • long span • main span • brief span • entire span • ...
preposición + span
Kolokacji: 10
during that span • over a span • within a span • in a span • for a span • ...

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