a short span of time
1span — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 length ADJECTIVE ▪ full ▪ broad, wide ▪ a broad span of interests ▪ clear ▪ …
2span — 01. The life [span] of Japanese women is the longest in the world. 02. Many young children today have an approximate attention [span] of about 15 minutes, or the time of a television show between commercials. 03. Raymond Bourque s hockey career… …
3Span and div — HTML HTML and HTML5 Dynamic HTML XHTML XHTML Mobile Profile and C HTML Canvas element Character encodings Document Object Model Font family HTML editor HTML element HTML Frames HTML5 video HTML scri …
4span — 1. n. & v. n. 1 the full extent from end to end in space or time (the span of a bridge; the whole span of history). 2 each arch or part of a bridge between piers or supports. 3 the maximum lateral extent of an aeroplane, its wing, a bird s wing,… …
5span — I. /spæn / (say span) noun 1. the distance between the tip of the thumb and the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended. 2. a unit of length corresponding to this distance, commonly taken as 9 inches or 23 cm. 3. a distance,… …
6short — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 not measuring much from one end to the other VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …
7short-term memory — noun what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it • Syn: ↑STM, ↑immediate memory • Hypernyms: ↑memory, ↑remembering * * * information retained in the brain and retrievable from it over a brief span of time (contrasted with long term… …
8span — span1 noun 1》 the full extent of something from end to end; the amount of space covered. ↘a wingspan. ↘a part of a bridge between piers or supports. 2》 the length of time for which something lasts. 3》 (also handspan) the maximum distance… …
9short-term memory — information retained in the brain and retrievable from it over a brief span of time (contrasted with long term memory). [1965 70] * * * …
10Short-term memory — Short term memory, sometimes referred to as primary, working, or active memory, is said to hold a small amount of information for about 20 to 30 seconds.Estimates of short term memory capacity vary – from about 3 or 4 elements (i.e., words,… …
