Life-span meaning

The definition of life span is the amount of time between the birth and death of a person, creature or animal.

An example of life span is the 80 years that you may live between birth and death.

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The longest period of time that a typical individual can be expected to live.
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Alternative spelling of lifespan.
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Life-span Sentence Examples

  • Fad diets only tend to have a life-span of a couple of weeks at most.

  • The game.com is now a collector's item since Hasbro stopped making games many, many years ago (I believe the life-span of the system was just over a year).

  • They have a life span of 60,000 hours compared to about 30,000 hours for plasma TVs.

  • Which of you by being anxious is going to add a single cubit to his life span?

  • lengthen the life span of nematode worms.

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