NOUN | attribute | mortality | the quality or state of being mortal |
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time | mortality, deathrate, death rate, mortality rate, fatality rate | the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area |
Sounds | maortae'lahtiy | |
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Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... |
Meaning | The quality or state of being mortal. | |
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Broader | impermanence, impermanency | The property of not existing for indefinitely long durations |
Opposite | immortality | The quality or state of being immortal |
Spanish | mortalidad | |
Catalan | mortalitat | |
Adjectives | mortal | subject to death |
Meaning | The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year. | |
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Synonyms | deathrate, death rate, mortality rate, fatality rate | |
Narrower | infant deathrate, infant mortality, infant mortality rate | The death rate during the first year of life |
neonatal mortality, neonatal mortality rate | The death rate during the first 28 days of life | |
Broader | rate | A magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit |
Spanish | índice de mortalidad, morbilidad, mortalidad, tasa de mortalidad | |
Catalan | mortalitat, taxa de mortalitat |
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