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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdemi-vie
Pronunciation / Transliteration: dɛmi vi
"La demi-vie du carbone-14 est d'environ 5 730 ans."
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2 senses- 1
The time required for the quantity of a substance to reduce to half its initial amount.
"The half-life of carbon-14 is about 5,730 years." - 2
A period of time in which something diminishes to half its initial value, often used in contexts beyond physics, such as in pharmacology.
"The half-life of the medication in the body is approximately four hours."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'half-life' originates from the field of nuclear physics, first used in the early 20th century. It combines the Old English 'half', meaning 'one of two equal parts', and 'life', derived from the Old English 'līf', referring to the duration of existence. Over time, it has evolved to describe the time required for a quantity to reduce to half its initial value in various scientific contexts.
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demi-vie
Transliteration: dɛmi vi
"La demi-vie du carbone-14 est d'environ 5 730 ans."
Halbwertszeit
Transliteration: halbvɛʁt͡sˌtsaɪt
"Die Halbwertszeit von Kohlenstoff-14 beträgt etwa 5.730 Jahre."
emivita
Transliteration: emiˈvita
"L'emivita del carbonio-14 è di circa 5.730 anni."
vida media
Transliteration: ˈβiða ˈmeðja
"La vida media del carbono-14 es de aproximadamente 5.730 años."
meia-vida
Transliteration: ˈmejɐ ˈvida
"A meia-vida do carbono-14 é de cerca de 5.730 anos."
आधा जीवन
Transliteration: ādha jīvan
"कार्बन-14 का आधा जीवन लगभग 5,730 वर्ष है।"
半衰期
Transliteration: bàn shuāi qī
"碳-14的半衰期约为5730年。"
반감기
Transliteration: bangamgi
"탄소-14의 반감기는 약 5730년입니다."
半減期
Transliteration: hangenki
"炭素-14の半減期は約5730年です。"
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