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mean life

noun Physics.
1.
the average time that an unstable particle or nucleus survives before it decays.
Also called average life, lifetime.
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Mean life is always a great word to know.
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a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation
any of the energy levels of a physical system, such as an atom or molecule, that has higher energy than the lowest energy level
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physics τ the average time of existence of an unstable or reactive entity, such as a nucleus, elementary particle, charge carrier, etc; lifetime. It is equal to the half-life divided by 0.693 15

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