wingspan
noun
wing·span
ˈwiŋ-ˌspan 
: the distance from the tip of one of a pair of wings to that of the other
also
: span sense 2c
Examples of wingspan in a Sentence
The hawk has a wingspan of about three feet.
a plane with a 200-foot wingspan
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Aurora Flight Sciences But the full-size vision here is more than twice that size, with a wingspan of 130 ft (40 m) and a payload bay door some 40 ft (12 m) wide.
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New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024
Each of two collapsible arrays measures 46.5 ft. long by 13.5 ft high, giving the total spacecraft a wingspan of more than 100 ft., slightly longer than a professional basketball court.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
The Mars reconnaissance orbiter, with a wingspan the length of a school bus, cost more than $700 million.
—Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
According to Aurora, their work on building an X-plane demonstrator aircraft with a wingspan of 213 ft (65 m) and capable of lifting 50,000 lb (22,680 kg) of cargo is in Phase 1B, which involves testing activities that end in a preliminary design review.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2024
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New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024
Each of two collapsible arrays measures 46.5 ft. long by 13.5 ft high, giving the total spacecraft a wingspan of more than 100 ft., slightly longer than a professional basketball court.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
The Mars reconnaissance orbiter, with a wingspan the length of a school bus, cost more than $700 million.
—Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
According to Aurora, their work on building an X-plane demonstrator aircraft with a wingspan of 213 ft (65 m) and capable of lifting 50,000 lb (22,680 kg) of cargo is in Phase 1B, which involves testing activities that end in a preliminary design review.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2024
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wingspan
noun
wing·span
ˈwiŋ-ˌspan
: the distance between the tips of a pair of wings (as of a bird or an airplane)
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