Definition of Halflives

1. Noun. (plural of halflife) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Halflives

1. halflife [n] - See also: halflife

Lexicographical Neighbors of Halflives

halfdeck
halfdecks
halfe
halfen
halfendeal
halfer
halfers
halfhearted
halfheartedly
halfheartedness
halflife
halflin
halfling
halflings
halflins
halflives (current term)
halfmonth
halfmonths
halfness
halfnesses
halfpace
halfpaces
halfpence
halfpennies
halfpenny
halfpennyworth
halfpennyworths
halfpike
halfpikes
halfpipe

Literary usage of Halflives

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Three Gifts of Life: A Girl's Responsibility for Race Progress by Nellie May Smith (1913)
"In every baby that is born into the world are glands containing half-lives; the male halflives or sperms in the boy, and the female half-lives or ova in the ..."

2. The Annual Literary Index by William Isaac Fletcher, Richard Rogers Bowker (1895)
"... CK Homes, William, of Chilmark.NEReg. О Martha's Vineyard NEReg. Ap,O Banks,EL How the other halflives.. Eng.Illust. ..."

3. Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy And Effects by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"halflives for 2- and 3-ringed PAH were calculated to range from 2.8 to 4.7 days, and 4- to 6-ringed PAH ranged from 3.7 to 30 days. ..."

4. Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure by National Research Council (U.S.) (2005)
"Fallout can be responsible for both external and internal exposures of people in the vicinity. More than 150 fission products have halflives ..."

5. The Modern Revolution in Physics by Benjamin Crowell (2003)
"The subsequent chain of alpha and electron (beta) decays involves much shorten halflives, and terminates in the stable nucleus 206Pb. (You may want to ..."

6. Radiological Protection of the Environment, the Path Forward to a New Policy by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2002)
"... level of Cd in the critical organ in a man at age 50 and the level of daily intake of Cd calculated with CM model with varied biological halflives (i). ..."

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