I suggested it because we write software for people who run multiple experiments with "rest periods" between the data collection sessions. They seem to use the word span to specify the approximate duration of the series of tests. "These experiments were conducted over a span of 3 weeks." Then again, Americans are notorious for abuse of the language, but around University of Arizona's Neural Systems, Memory & Aging Lab it would certainly be understood.

At Monday 2003-08-18 11:39, you wrote:
"Victor A. Wagner, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

| how about "span" ?

when read as "the period of time spanned by these two", I can make
sense of it, even not as a mathematician :-)

Well, I don't know how it sounds to native speakers.

-- Gaby
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