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life expectancy

The number of years that an individual is expected to live as determined by statistics.

life expectancy

(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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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

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life expectancy (redirected from Mean life span)

life expectancy
(redirected from Mean life span)