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)
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half-life::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | half life |
| Type of | period, period of time, time period |
Examples of half-life
half-life
Iodine-131 has a half-life of eight days and is quite dangerous to human health.
From the post-gazette.com
Despite my protests, she spends half her life jumping on the beds and the sofas.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Gist prodded a sleepy crowd to life with two alley-oop dunks in the second half.
From the washingtonpost.com
Thus half their population is hampered from reaching its life-earning potential.
From the economist.com
It's my 18th year so I've spent half of my life playing in this golf tournament.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Baseball supplied a model of fairness for a century and a half in American life.
From the bostonherald.com
Ida Tenor was born in Oakdale and lived more than half her life in Beaver Falls.
From the post-gazette.com
Tourette's syndrome has plagued the 20-year-old singer for nearly half her life.
From the sacbee.com
But John Coleman says his half-brother was involved in street life in Englewood.
From the suntimes.com
