Definition of Life-support

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to equipment or methods used to sustain life.


Definition of Life-support

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of life support) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Life-support

life-buoy
life-buoys
life-child
life-cycle costing
life-force
life-giving
life-lease
life-long
life-lore
life-of-man
life-or-death
life-size
life-sized
life-style
life-support (current term)
life-support system
life-sustaining
life-threatening
life-time
life-times
life after death
life and limb
life and soul of the party
life belt
life belts
life buoy
life change events

Literary usage of Life-support

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

1. A Risk Reduction Strategy for Human Exploration of Space: A Review of NASA's by David E. Longnecker, Ricardo A. Molins (2006)
"THE CASE OF ADVANCED HUMAN LIFE SUPPORT The engineering and system technology risks ... Advanced human life support comprises food and life support systems, ..."

2. Books and Reading by Azarias, Joseph Henry McMahon, John Aloysius Mooney (1901)
"He will not life support By earth nor its base metals, but by love, Wisdom, and virtue, and his land shall be The land 'twixt either Feltro. ..."

3. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1992)
"16.3 LIFE SUPPORT CONSIDERATIONS Excursion diving from a saturation system or habitat usually is performed with standard diving equipment, eg, ..."

4. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1917)
"... on said 102 acres of land and liable for the life support and maintenance of the said Alvilda Grant and AJ Grant during their natural lives," and "being ..."

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