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mean life
noun
, Physics.
- the average time that an unstable particle or nucleus survives before it decays.
mean life
noun
- physics the average time of existence of an unstable or reactive entity, such as a nucleus, elementary particle, charge carrier, etc; lifetime. It is equal to the half-life divided by 0.693 15 τ
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You are wasting precious moments that may mean life or death to the one we both love.
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It was hard to foresee the critical stress that should mean life or death to the ship and its people.
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The ingenious M. Muret, again, had found a Swiss parish in which the mean life was the highest and the fecundity smallest known.
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I kind of feel the life the boys live around these forests is a pretty mean life.
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It was one of those friendly things, between friends, which might easily mean life or death.
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