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Meaning of "spanner" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPANNER

From German, from spannen to stretch, span1.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SPANNER

spanner  [ˈspænə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPANNER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spanner is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPANNER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spanner

Spanner may refer to: ▪ Spanner or wrench, a kind of hand tool ▪ Spanner, brand of prostatic stent ▪ Spanner, distributed database technology developed by Google ▪ Spanner, a type of screw drive that consists of two holes in the screw head and two pins on the tool ▪ Spanner, interface for global-positioning-system receiver ▪ Spanner ▪ Spanner, fictional character in Reborn! cartoons ▪ Ralph Spanner, a fictional character in Round the Twist Titled expressive works: ▪ Spanner, British periodical ▪ Spanners, 1995, by The Black Dog...

Definition of spanner in the English dictionary

The definition of spanner in the dictionary is a steel hand tool with a handle carrying jaws or a hole of particular shape designed to grip a nut or bolt head. Other definition of spanner is a source of impediment or annoyance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPANNER


anna
ˈænə
banner
ˈbænə
campana
kæmˈpænə
deadpanner
ˌdɛdˈpænə
Diana
daɪˈænə
Guiana
ɡaɪˈænə
Guyana
ɡaɪˈænə
Hannah
ˈhænə
Indiana
ˌɪndɪˈænə
japanner
dʒəˈpænə
joanna
dʒəʊˈænə
Louisiana
luːˌiːzɪˈænə
manner
ˈmænə
manor
ˈmænə
Montana
mɒnˈtænə
panner
ˈpænə
planner
ˈplænə
scanner
ˈskænə
trapanner
trəˈpænə
trepanner
trɪˈpænə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPANNER

spank
spanker
spanking
spankingly
spanless
spanned
spanner in the works
spanner wrench
spanning
spanokopita
spanspek
spansule
spanworm
spar
spar buoy
sparable
sparagrass
sparaxis
spare
spare bedroom

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPANNER

bedside manner
body scanner
canner
channer
city planner
CT scanner
dinner
lanner
nuclear magnetic resonance scanner
optical scanner
paraplanner
ring spanner
route planner
Star-Spangled Banner
tanner
the Star-Spangled Banner
town planner
ultrasound scanner
urban planner
vanner
wanner

Synonyms and antonyms of spanner in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spanner» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPANNER

Find out the translation of spanner to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spanner from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spanner» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

扳手
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

llave inglesa
570 millions of speakers

English

spanner
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

औजार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مِفْتَاحُ رَبْط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гаечный ключ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chave inglesa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাঁড়াশিবিশেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clé anglaise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spanduk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schraubenschlüssel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スパナ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스패너
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spanner
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cờ lê
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்பானர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पॅनर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İngiliz anahtarı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chiave inglese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

klucz (maszynowy) płaski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гайковий ключ
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cheie de buloane
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλειδί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spanner
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skruvnyckel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fastnøkkel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spanner

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPANNER»

The term «spanner» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.876 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPANNER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spanner» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spanner» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spanner

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPANNER»

Discover the use of spanner in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spanner and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Geometric Spanner Networks
Aimed at an audience of researchers and graduate students in computational geometry and algorithm design, this book uses the Geometric Spanner Network Problem to showcase a number of useful algorithmic techniques, data structure strategies, ...
Giri Narasimhan, Michiel Smid, 2007
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Routledge Dictionnaire Technique Anglais
VEHICULES outil spanner (BrE), wrench (AmE); - Allen male/iMPRiM Allen key ( BrE), Allen wrench | AmE); - anglaise Л i INS MECA coach wrench; - anglaise simple à marteau r cuss MECA single bar coach wrench; - a bequille/coNs MECA  ...
Yves Arden, 1994
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The Spanner Boy
Tonye's father dies leaving no relation to look after his three children.
J. C. Ihejirika, 1990
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The Making of a Jamaican Don: Spanner's Views on Dons, ...
In "The Making of a Jamaican Don," author Clifton Cameron tells the story of these Jamaican dons-their history, and the role they play in the governing of the Caribbean country.
Clifton Cameron, 2010
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Routledge Diccionario Técnico Inglés
pasador / iiM meca hook and pin wrench, hook spanner; - giramachos/ingmeca tap wrench; - de grasa / ing meca oil cock; - del grifo/ const faucet key; ~ de gusano / ing meca adjustahle spanner, adjustahle wrench; - hexagonal /ing meca ...
Routledge, 1997
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WALCOM: Algorithms and Computation: Third International ...
A spanner is a sparse subgraph of a given undirected graph that preserves approximate distance between each pair of vertices. More precisely, a t-spanner of agraphG =(V,E) is a subgraph (V,E S ),ES ⊆ E such that, for any pair of vertices, ...
Sandip Das, Ryuhei Uehara, 2009
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Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Algorithm Engineering ...
1 1 8-Spanner 1 , stdev = 0. 1 1 .8-Spanner 2, stdev = 0.1 1 8-Spanner 3. stdev = 0.1 1 .8-Spanner 4, stdev = 0.1 450 400 3S0 300 § 250 ST 200 150 100 50 800 700 600 500 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 nodes nodes 1.
Richard E. Ladner, 2003
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Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science: 29th ...
A tree t-spanner T in a graph G is a spanning tree of G such that the distance between every pair of vertices in T is at most t times their distance in G. The tree t- spanner problem asks whether a graph admits a tree t-spanner, given t. We first ...
H. L. Bodlaender, 2003
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Making and Interpreting Mechanical Drawings
But we have not entirely succeeded even with something as simple as a spanner. We still do not know for sure if the head of it is round. If it were square, all the mechanical drawings we have done so far would have looked the same.
Gordon Lindsay Glegg, 1971
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Handbook of the 8-inch Howitzer Matériel, Model of 1917...: ...
Spanner No. 17 Spanner No. 7 Spanner No. 2 Spanner No. 1 Spanner No. 3 Spanner No. 6 Spanner No. 4 Spanner No. 5 Tool for withdrawing split pins . Spanner No. 11 Spanner No. 9 Handspike Spanner No. 15 Spanner No. 10 Spanner ...
United States. Army. Ordnance Dept, 1918

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPANNER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spanner is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ex-Googlers Get Millions to Help You Build the Next Google
Specifically, Kimball wanted something like Google's database system Spanner. Spanner is designed to juggle data between potentially millions of database ... «Wired, Jun 15»
2
Suspended sentence for throwing spanner that hit wife
In a nasty tantrum he threw a spanner - the metal tool striking his wife in the back of her head. The dad of three, aged 40, received a three-month jail sentence, ... «Gladstone Observer, May 15»
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Armed robber threatens Lincoln Subway staff with spanner and …
An armed robber threatened staff in Subway in Lincoln with a spanner - and made off with two packets of crisps. Police have released CCTV images of a man ... «Lincolnshire Echo, May 15»
4
CCTV appeal after robber threatened Thorntons workers with …
A man entered the Thorntons shop on Lincoln High Street at around 4.10pm on May 6, threatened two female members with a metal spanner, before leaving ... «Lincolnshire Echo, May 15»
5
Three charged with spanner attack that broke man's skull
SINGAPORE - A woman and two men were charged on Friday with hitting a man over the head with a spanner, breaking his skull. Chiu Hwee Lang, 40, ... «The Straits Times, Apr 15»
6
Woman hits lover with spanner, bites his wife
When she got into the flat, she viciously attacked his wife, hitting her with the spanner as well as kicking and biting her, in front of the woman's husband and ... «AsiaOne, Apr 15»
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Karen Buckley murder: Student was clubbed with spanner, strangled …
Murdered student Karen Buckley was clubbed with a spanner and strangled before being dumped in a barrel of acid, a Glasgow court heard yesterday. «International Business Times UK, Apr 15»
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Man on the run after allegedly ramming Harts Range police station …
A man threw a spanner at a Northern Territory police officer then rammed a remote outback police station before escaping down a desolate highway without ... «ABC Online, Apr 15»
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Teenager convicted of hitting stepfather with spanner finally behind …
A TEENAGER who hit his stepdad over the head with a spanner is finally behind bars after breaching a community order for a fourth time. Joshua Steele was ... «Swindon Advertiser, Apr 15»
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Heroic Oldham dad pins down burglar who was attacking elderly …
A dad carried out a dramatic citizen's arrest in his dressing gown, disarming a burglar who was attacking elderly neighbours with a 10in spanner and then ... «Manchester Evening News, Mar 15»

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