What is another word for half life?

Pronunciation: [hˈɑːf lˈa͡ɪf] (IPA)

The term "half life" refers to the amount of time it takes for a substance or quantity to decrease by half. Synonyms for the term include "decay rate," "degradation time," "radiation half-life," and "half-time decay." In the field of pharmacology, "elimination half-life" is often used to describe the rate at which a drug or substance is metabolized and excreted from the body. Other synonyms for "half life" may depend on the context or substances being referred to, such as "isotopic half-life" in reference to nuclear decay or "carbon dating half-life" for determining the age of artifacts.

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  • He said it was fearful to see them stand, Nor the living nor yet the dead, And the light glared strange in the glassy eyes Whose human look was fled. For frost had done one half life's part, And kept them from decay ; Those they loved had mouldered, but these Look'd the dead of yesterday.
    Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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