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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MICROMORT

From micro + mort(ality).
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PRONUNCIATION OF MICROMORT

micromort  [ˈmaɪkrəʊˌmɔːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MICROMORT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Micromort 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 MICROMORT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Micromort

A micromort is a unit of risk measuring a one-in-a-million probability of death. Micromorts can be used to measure riskiness of various day-to-day activities. A microprobability is a one-in-a million chance of some event; thus a micromort is the microprobability of death. The micromort concept was introduced by Ronald A. Howard who pioneered the modern practice of decision analysis. Micromorts for future activities can only be rough assessments as specific circumstances will always have an impact. However past historical rates of events can be used to provide a ball-park, average, figure.

Definition of micromort in the English dictionary

The definition of micromort in the dictionary is a unit of risk equal to a one-in-a-million chance of dying.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MICROMORT


airport
ˈɛəˌpɔːt
alamort
ˌæləˈmɔːt
amort
əˈmɔːt
bought
bɔːt
brought
brɔːt
caught
kɔːt
court
kɔːt
export
ˈɛkspɔːt
fort
fɔːt
forte
fɔːt
Hadhramaut
ˌhɑːdrəˈmɔːt
Hadramaut
ˌhɑːdrəˈmɔːt
import
ɪmˈpɔːt
mort
mɔːt
ort
ɔːt
ought
ɔːt
port
pɔːt
Porte
pɔːt
report
rɪˈpɔːt
resort
rɪˈzɔːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MICROMORT

micrometer gauge
micrometer screw
micromethod
micrometre
micrometric
micrometrical
micrometry
micromho
micromicrocurie
micromicrofarad
micromillimetre
micromini
microminiature
microminiaturisation
microminiaturization
microminiaturize
micromolar
micromole
micromorphology
micron

WORDS THAT END LIKE MICROMORT

bort
comfort
cut a long story short
Dort
effort
escort
in short
means of transport
Newport
passport
public transport
rapport
sort
sport
support
technical support
the support
tort
transport
wort

Synonyms and antonyms of micromort in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «micromort» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MICROMORT

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

Translator English - Chinese

micromort
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

micromort
570 millions of speakers

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micromort
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

micromort
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

micromort
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

micromort
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

micromort
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

micromort
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

micromort
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Micromort
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

micromort
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

micromort
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

micromort
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Micromort
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

micromort
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

micromort
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मायक्रोमॉर्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

micromort
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

micromort
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

micromort
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

micromort
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

micromort
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

micromort
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

micromort
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

micromort
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

micromort
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of micromort

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROMORT»

The term «micromort» is barely ever used and occupies the 203.717 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MICROMORT»

Discover the use of micromort in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to micromort and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Making Great Decisions in Business and Life
Stanford's Ronald Howard has invented the concept of a micromort. A micromort is a unit of cost that you bear for engaging in risky activities. A micromort is a one in a million chance of death.21 So, while you may not sell your entire life for $10 ...
David R. Henderson, Charles L. Hooper, 2006
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Probability: Multivariate Random Variable, Micromort, ...
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LLC Books, 2010
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Micromort
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A micromort is a unit of risk measuring a one-in-a-million probability of death.
Timoteus Elmo, 2012
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The Norm Chronicles: Stories and numbers about danger
... you'reprobably not lyingawake worrying about ittoomuch. So thisdaily riskisabout1 MicroMort, a oneinamillion chanceof something horribly and fatally dramatic happening toMror Ms Average on an averagedayspent doing their average, ...
Michael Blastland, David Spiegelhalter, 2013
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Value-Focused Thinking: A Path to Creative Decisionmaking
The health attribute is what Ron has defined as the micromort, which is a 10~6 probability of dying. The financial attribute is the funds used for consumption each year. The time attribute is the time until death. My value tradeoffs between ...
Ralph L. KEENEY, Ralph L Keeney, 2009
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Risk
Cycling 20 Walking 17 Motorbike 6 250 Car miles per micromort FIGURE 2.2 Distance travelled per micromort (one-in-a-million chance of death) for different forms of transport in the UK, based on assumption of constant risk within transport  ...
Layla Skinns, Michael Scott, Tony Cox, 2011
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Profiles in Operations Research: Pioneers and Innovators
Ron defined a micromort as a unit of risk measuring a one-in-a-million probability of death (from micro- and mortality), and a microprobability is a one-in-a million chance of some event; thus a micromort is the microprobability of death.
Arjang A. Assad, Saul I. Gass, 2011
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Societal Risk Assessment
We shall use the term "micromort" to mean a one in one million chance of death, with symbol first. Then the small-risk life value can be conveniently expressed in dollars per micromort, or $2.43 for the base case individual. With this terminology  ...
Richard C. Schwing, Walter A. Albers, 1980
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Desert Puma: Evolutionary Ecology And Conservation Of An ...
Annual survival rates for adult pumas, 1987–1994, San Andres Mountains, New Mexico.a aSurvival rates and 95 percent C.L. (Confidence Limits) were computed using Micromort software (Heisey and Fuller 1985a,b). bSurvival rates of males ...
Kenneth A. Logan, Linda L. Sweanor, 2001
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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
One common “currency” used in medical and safety analysis is the micromort, a MICROMORT one in a million chance of death. If you ask people how much they would pay to avoid a risk—for example, to avoid playing Russian roulette with a ...
Stuart Jonathan Russell, Peter Norvig, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MICROMORT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term micromort is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why fishing is more dangerous than riding a rollercoaster
One approach to try to quantify such dangers is the “micromort” – a term for a one-in-a-million chance of death. Professor David Nutt famously ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
2
'Lovelace And Babbage' Is A Thrilling Adventure
... poetry, marriage, knights of the realm, the definition of "micromort" ("a measure of risk of death"), opium, marijuana, the Communist Manifesto, ... «WPSU, Apr 15»
3
Is it safe to fly? Everything you need to know
A micromort is a unit of risk, showing how much of something you'll need to raise your risk of dying by an extra 1 in a million. Here's how the ... «Mirror.co.uk, Dec 14»
4
The Future As History
Hence his idea of the “micromort detector”. A micromort is a unit of risk representing a one-in-a-million chance of death. Mutual Assurance is a ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Oct 14»
5
27 reasons why you shouldn't be put off flying
Another way to illustrate how safe it is to fly is the MicroMort, a unit of measurement devised by Ronald A. Howard, a Stanford University ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
6
Risk Is Never a Strict Numbers Game
For acute risks, a good measure is the MicroMort, devised by Stanford's Ronald A. Howard in the 1970s. One MicroMort (1 MM) is equal to a ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 14»
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Book Review: 'The Norm Chronicles' by Michael Blastland and …
They convey quantities in agreeably idiosyncratic ways, measuring acute risks in MicroMorts—a MicroMort being a one-in-a-million chance of ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 14»
8
Every Dirty Breath You Take
An average person on an average day faces a risk of roughly one micromort from non-natural causes. The risk of scuba diving, for example, ... «The Moscow Times, Apr 14»
9
Every breath you take
An average person on an average day faces a risk of roughly one micromort from non-natural causes. This provides a useful starting point for ... «eco-business.com, Feb 14»
10
Beyond STEM to STEAM
The fruits of these sessions ranged from the humorous and macabre MicroMort app, which gauges the user's likelihood of dying at any given ... «MIT News, Feb 14»

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