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When you extend life span, that's really something. That's hard to do.
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Meaning of "life span" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIFE SPAN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIFE SPAN

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Life span is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LIFE SPAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Life span

Life span or lifespan may refer to: ▪ Maximum life span, the maximum lifespan observed in a group ▪ Life expectancy, the average lifespan expected of a group ▪ Longevity, the average lifespan expected under ideal conditions ▪ Lifespan, a 1976 film starring Klaus Kinski...

Definition of life span in the English dictionary

The definition of life span in the dictionary is the period of time during which a human being, animal, machine, etc, may be expected to live or function under normal conditions.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIFE SPAN

life jacket
life lesson
life mask
life member
life membership
life partner
life peer
life peerage
life preserver
life president
life raft
life science
life sciences
life sentence
life space
life story
life support
life table
life tenancy
life vest

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIFE SPAN

attention span
concentration span
inspan
lifespan
memory span
Montespan
outspan
span
spic-and-span
spick and span
spick-and-span
time span
wingspan

Synonyms and antonyms of life span in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «life span» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIFE SPAN

Find out the translation of life span to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of life span from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «life span» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

寿命
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

duración de la vida
570 millions of speakers

English

life span
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जीवन काल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عمر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

продолжительность жизни
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জীবনকাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

durée de vie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jangka hayat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lebensdauer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

寿命
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수명
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Umur urip
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tuổi thọ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆயுட்காலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जीवन कालावधी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ömür
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

durata della vita
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żywotność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тривалість життя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

durata de viata
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διάρκεια ζωής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lewensduur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

livslängd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

levetid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of life span

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIFE SPAN»

The term «life span» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.310 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIFE SPAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about life span

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9 QUOTES WITH «LIFE SPAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word life span.
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Ben Barnes
I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war.
2
John Hodgman
As a freelance writer, I'd be asked to become an expert for various magazines on any subject, whether food or wine or history or the life span of veterinarians. I was completely unschooled in any of these things.
3
Cynthia Kenyon
In the early '90s, we discovered mutations that could double the normal life span of worms.
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Cynthia Kenyon
Generally, older people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies are running most countries and are CEOs of corporations. Which isn't to say there aren't entrepreneurs, but if the young were better in every respect, there'd be no reason for the old. Our life span reflects our particular life strategy.
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George Martin
When you extend life span, that's really something. That's hard to do.
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Jack O'Connell
I want to create a body of work that is entertaining and speaks to people for a long time. Longer than my life span.
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S. Jay Olshansky
What we know for sure from our work and from others' is that mice have a life span of 1,000 days, dogs have 5,000 days, and we humans have 29,000 days. Recognizing that the duration is limited, and aging is inevitable, focus the attention on enhancing the quality of the days you have.
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Dixie Lee Ray
They fail to recognize the broad biological principle that organic material is constantly being recycled. Everything has a time of being - a birth, a life span, and a death.
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Gregory Stock
Retarding the aging process would be therapy and enhancement because it would mean defeating diseases and because it would extend our life span.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIFE SPAN»

Discover the use of life span in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to life span and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Life-Span Development
The research and development of the 13th edition indicated that students said that highlighting connections among the different aspects of life-span development would help them to better understand the concepts.
John Santrock, 2010
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Life-Span Human Development
This new edition also asks students to engage more actively with the content, and includes a clear focus on the complex interactions of nature and nurture in development, more integrated coverage of culture and diversity, and an exciting ...
Carol Sigelman, Elizabeth Rider, 2014
3
Life Span Motor Development
This fully updated edition presents the principles of motor development in an accessible manner for readers with minimal movement science background.
Kathleen Haywood, Nancy Getchell, 2009
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Human Development: A Life-Span View
This organization also allows the book to be relatively briefer than other texts a benefit given the enormous amount of information covered in the course.
Robert Kail, John Cavanaugh, 2012
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Disability Across the Developmental Life Span: For the ...
This volume reflects a significant change in perceptions of the disabled from being defined foremost by their disability to being viewed as normal individuals with a disability.
Julie Smart, 2012
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A Topical Approach to Life-Span Development
Santrock’s hallmark Learning Goals pedagogy provides a comprehensive roadmap to the text material, clearly pointing out the core concepts fundamental to students’ learning and performance.
John Santrock, 2011
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The Developing Person Through the Life Span
"The seventh edition comes with significant revision of cognitive development throughout childhood, revised and updated chapters on adolescence, and more attention to emerging and early adulthood.
Kathleen Stassen Berger, 2011
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Essentials of Life-Span Development
Knowing that students do not often read the text and have poor study skills, Santrock Essentials introduces an adaptive diagnostic that helps students know what they know and what they don’t know to become more efficient and effective ...
John Santrock, 2011
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Living Through Loss: Interventions Across the Life Span
Living Through Loss is the first book to identify the many ways in which people experience loss over the course of life and to discuss the interventions most effective at each stage of life.
Nancy R. Hooyman, Betty J. Kramer, 2008
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Life-span Developmental Psychology: Perspectives on Stress ...
An outgrowth of the Eleventh Biennial West Virginia University Conference on Life-Span Development, this volume emphasizes two major themes: the importance of taking a life-span approach to the study of stress and coping, and.
E. Mark Cummings, Anita L. Greene, Katherine H. Karraker, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIFE SPAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term life span is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fired up for £30m power station - Sheffield Telegraph
It will be managed by Veolia, the council's waste partner and has a 25-year expected life span. Stephen Brooks, director, UYE (UK), of Sheffield ... «Sheffield Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
Parliamentary panel on land gets extension till Aug to submit its report
An ordinance, which has a life span of six months, has to be re-promulgated if it does not get the endorsement of Parliament within six weeks of ... «Niticentral, Jul 15»
3
7 Smartphones with the Best Battery Life - Insider Monkey
If battery life span matters the most to you above anything else when picking a new smartphone, then this post is perfect for you cause we'll be ... «Insider Monkey, Jul 15»
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BRIEF-RusHydro confirms signing of term sheet with VTB Bank …
During the life span of the forward contract RusHydro together with VTB Bank will undertake a set of measures, aimed at increased shareholder ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
5
New organic hog facility looks to raise happy hogs - The Morning Call
Duffield estimates about 95 percent of U.S. hogs are raised on conventional farms, where the animal is kept indoors for its life span. «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»
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Make your clients happy - People | The Star Online
These trees have a life span of 50 to 60 years, and some up to 80 years. We hope our trees grow to that age too with proper care. Fact file. «The Star Online, Jul 15»
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'House of Cards' Season 4 brings death of Dough Stamper? Series …
While this can be pretty exciting for actor Michael Kelly, his character's life span is still questionable. The actor himself isn't sure if Doug will ... «Venture Capital Post, Jul 15»
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Ukrenergo sends price requests to Ukrainian, foreign manufactures …
... said that the state of power lines today is close to critical, as 70% of the main equipment of substations went through their 25-year life span. «Interfax, Jul 15»
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full story. - E&E Publishing
... numbers on so-called planned obsolescence -- the practice of designing products with a purposefully limited life span so that they need to be ... «Environment & Energy Publishing, Jul 15»
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Plans for 10,000-panel solar farm in green belt near Horley | Surrey …
The park would power 794 average-sized homes and have a 25-year life span. The planning statement submitted with the application says the ... «Surrey Mirror, Jul 15»

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