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Half life   /hæf laɪf/   Listen
Half life

noun
1.
The time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate).  Synonym: half-life.





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"Half life" Quotes from Famous Books



... high-altar, the most brilliant spot was the altar of Saint Joseph, in the west transept; beside which was a magnificent creche—the figures half life-size, beautifully modelled, and richly clothed. But there was nothing whimsical about this creche: the group might have been, and very possibly had been, composed after a well-painted "Nativity" by some artist ...
— The Christmas Kalends of Provence - And Some Other Provencal Festivals • Thomas A. Janvier


Words linked to "Half life" :   half-life, period, period of time, time period


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