Span
Term
Term noun - A fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position.
Usage example: elected for a two-year term as mayor
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Synonyms for Term
Span is a synonym for term in live topic. You can use "Span" instead a noun "Term", if it concerns topics such as time, time period.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| broad | broad span | broad term |
| full | full span | full term |
| long | long span | long term |
| exact | exact span | exact term |
| Other adjectives: common, specific, short, original, single, longer. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In the latter case, this is mostly a short term solution as too much power will cause issues of its own and long term exposure to overvolting will reduce the life span of the device.
Source: Tim Taylor Technology - Max from Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse: He has no long term memory, the attention span of a fly and no social skills, but he has latent psychic powers which are linked to Toys.
Source: The Rainman -
Birth rates don't come close to matching a successful fort's immigration rate or basically any fort's death rate, so children won't really give many long-term benefits even if you are patient and successful enough to have the same fortress span multiple generations.
Source: Video Game / Dwarf Fortress
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