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longevity [lɒnˈdʒɛvɪtɪ] n
1. long life 2. relatively long duration of employment, service, etc. [from Late Latin longaevitās, from Latin longaevus long-lived, from longus long1 + aevum age] longevous [lɒnˈdʒiːvəs] adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations longevity [lɒnˈdʒɛvɪti] n [person] → longévité f; [event, situation] → longue durée f long-grain rice n → riz m long long-haired [ˌlɒŋˈhɛərd] adj longevity n → Langlebigkeit f n longevity [lonˈdʒevəti] great length of life. langlewendheid طول العُمْر дълголетие dlouhověkost lang levetid die Langlebigkeit μακροζωία longevidad pikaealisus طول عمر pitkäikäisyys longévité אֲרִיכוּת יָמִים दीर्घआयु dugovječnost hosszú élet panjang umur langlífi longevità 長寿 수명, 장수 ilgaamžiškumas ilgmūžība usia yang panjang het lang leven lang levetid długowieczność longevidade longevitate долголетие dĺžka života dolgost življenja dugovečnost långt liv ชีวิตที่ยืนยาว uzun ömürlü(lük) 長壽 довговічність; довголіття لمبی حیات tuổi thọ 长寿 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Moreover: we are to consider, that from the presumed great longevity of whales, their probably attaining the age of a century and more, therefore at any one period of time, several distinct adult generations must be contemporary. One who practices sleeping in the woods with nothing under him but the dry leaves and the damp earth, and nothing over him but the branches from which the leaves have fallen and the sky from which the earth has fallen, cannot hope for great longevity, and Frayser had already attained the age of thirty-two. Owing to the waning resources of the planet it evidently became necessary to counteract the increasing longevity which their remarkable skill in therapeutics and surgery produced, and so human life has come to be considered but lightly on Mars, as is evidenced by their dangerous sports and the almost continual warfare between the various communities. |
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