- (the) average span of life
- средняя продолжительность жизни
Большой англо-русский учебный словарь сочетаемости. Кауль М.Р., Хидекель С.С. 2010.
Большой англо-русский учебный словарь сочетаемости. Кауль М.Р., Хидекель С.С. 2010.
life span — līf .span n 1) the duration of existence of an individual 2) the average length of life of a kind of organism or of a material object esp. in a particular environment or under specified circumstances … Medical dictionary
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life span — noun Date: 1898 1. the average length of life of a kind of organism or of a material object especially in a particular environment or under specified circumstances 2. the duration of existence of an individual … New Collegiate Dictionary
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life expectancy — life ex·pec·tan·cy n: the average life span of an individual Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. life expectancy n. The number of y … Law dictionary
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