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life expectancy

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life expectancy
n.
The number of years that an individual is expected to live as determined by statistics.
life expectancy
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the statistically determined average number of years of life remaining after a specified age for a given group of individuals Also called expectation of life
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Noun1.life expectancy - an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities
anticipation, expectancy - something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development"
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life expectancy n → durata media della vita
life expectancy n → durata media della vita


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The average life expectancy of a Martian after the age of maturity is about three hundred years, but would be nearer the one-thousand mark were it not for the various means leading to violent death.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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