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spread
1. Informal the wingspan of an aircraft
2. a covering for a table or bed
spread [spred]
(engineering)
The layout of geophone groups from which data from a single shot are recorded simultaneously.
(statistics)
The range within which the values of a variable quantity occur.
(electronics)
sensitivity
spread
Of air supplied by a air diffuser in an air-conditioned space, the divergence of the airstream after it leaves the outlet.
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His fame, as usual exaggerating his feats, spread ever more and more widely.
Father Sergius by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The group of urchins burst instantly asunder and its individual fragments were spread in a wide, respectable half circle about the point of interest.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Crane, Stephen View in context
So imagine me seated in a grassy corner, with my knapsack open on the ground and my petticoat and silk stockings spread out in front of me,--an odd picture, to be sure, for any passer by to come upon.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
 
 
 
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