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life span
- lifetime ()
- the longest period of time that a typical individual can be expected to live
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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life span Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- year: The card is fitted with a lithium battery giving a life span of 2 years.
Converse of object
- have: They have a life span of 60,000 hours compared to about 30,000 hours for plasma TVs.
Adjective modifier
- average: The points of light number around 25,000: the approximate number of days in an average human life span of seventy years.
Noun used with modifier
- year: The tests can then be taken at any time within the 3 year life span of the log book.
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