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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



... not believe we can. But they can torture us," replied Lambert. "It is an everlasting half-life or quarter-life, and these creatures who call this Hell's Dimension home, have nothing but hatred for us ...
— Astounding Stories, April, 1931 • Various


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


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