On the other hand, "hull" encompasses the idea of a "periodic hull" that can be used for periodic intervals of time...
On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 02:39 PM, John Fuller wrote:
It also has the advantage of being similar to the use of "makespan" as the time from
the start time of the first job to the completion time of the last job in job scheduling
problems.
On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 02:18 PM, Victor A. Wagner, Jr. wrote:
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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