EXPECTATION OF LIFE
\ɛkspɪktˈe͡ɪʃən ɒv lˈa͡ɪf], \ɛkspɪktˈeɪʃən ɒv lˈaɪf], \ɛ_k_s_p_ɪ_k_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n ɒ_v l_ˈaɪ_f]\
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By Daniel Lyons
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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In life insurance, the length of time that a person of a given age and in good health may be expected to live.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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More exactly, the probable life, or the number of years more which a person of given age has an even chance of living. According to the Carlisle Table, a person twenty years old has an even chance of living 44*8 years more.
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The mean or average duration of life (q.v.).
By Henry Percy Smith
Word of the day
hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.