The phrase "able to span" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the capability of something to cover or extend across a certain distance or range.
Example: "The bridge is able to span the river, connecting both sides of the city."
Alternatives: "capable of covering" or "able to extend across".
I don't think I will be able to span nearly that.
We witness, in a series of well-executed set pieces, his evolution from a Nat King Cole-style crooner into an R & B innovator, and then into a performer, arranger and composer who seemed able to span the whole range of American vernacular music.
It is able to span different transmission media, being largely unaware of the details of the underlying data link, media access control (MAC), and physical layers.
They position themselves in an in-between role, where they are able to span the different interests and perspectives of the GTC and the university.
On purpose, we define a system model that is able to span a family of configurations, so that we can study the variation of characteristics across different instantiations.
Hence, tissue engineered cartilage scaffolds should be able to span the thickness of native cartilage to fill defects of all shapes and sizes.
But Zerhouni also made clear that only a tiny minority of the nation's early-career scientists would be able to cross that metaphoric span (represented on the program's Web site by a poetic photo of a broad, elegant suspension bridge).
If a service class is supported by multiple wireless links, the tunnel needs to be able to transparently span multiple links, which requires a multi-path protocol to simultaneously send data over multiple links, e.g., Multi-Path TCP (MP-TCP) [65] or MMP-SCTP (Mobile Multi-Path Stream Control Transmission Protocol) [66].
In this case, short peptides not long enough to span the membrane are able to form pores. [9] [13].
In this case, short peptides not long enough to span the membrane are able to form lipoproteic pores.
The I.B.M. scientists said they had been able to assemble arrays of particles so tiny that it would take 20,000 to span the width of a human hair.
