HyperDic: half-life

English > 1 sense of the word half-life:
NOUNtimehalf-life, half lifethe 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)
English > half-life: 1 sense > noun 1, time
MeaningThe 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).
Synonymhalf life
Broadertime period, period of time, periodAn amount of time
Spanishperiodo de semidesintegración, semivida
Catalanperíode de semidesintegració, semivida

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