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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The length of time during which a person can concentrate on a subject or idea.
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- noun The length of
time , orspan that one can payattention , orconcentrate on one topic without becomingdistracted .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity
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