Uttal
- Okänd accent:
- IPA: /ˈhɑːf.ˌlaɪf/
- IPA: /ˈhæf.ˌlaɪf/
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Definitioner
Substantiv
- (physics) The time required for half of the nuclei in a sample of a specific isotope to undergo radioactive decay.
- (chemistry) In a chemical reaction, the time required for the concentration of a reactant to fall from a chosen value to half that value.
- (medicine) The time it takes for a substance (drug, radioactive nuclide, or other) to lose half of its pharmacological, physiologic, or radiological activity.
- The time it takes for an idea or a fashion to lose half of its influential power.
Exempel
- Most books of scholarship have surprisingly short intellectual 'half-lives during which they make a difference"
Böjningsformer