mean life
the average time that an unstable particle or nucleus survives before it decays.
- Also called average life, lifetime.
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How to use mean life in a sentence
You are wasting precious moments that may mean life or death to the one we both love.
Jolly Sally Pendleton | Laura Jean LibbeyIt was hard to foresee the critical stress that should mean life or death to the ship and its people.
The Cup of Fury | Rupert HughesThe ingenious M. Muret, again, had found a Swiss parish in which the mean life was the highest and the fecundity smallest known.
The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) | Leslie StephenI kind of feel the life the boys live around these forests is a pretty mean life.
The Man in the Twilight | Ridgwell CullumIt was one of those friendly things, between friends, which might easily mean life or death.
The Man in the Twilight | Ridgwell Cullum
British Dictionary definitions for mean life
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: Symbol: τ
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