“half-”

The following 4 entries include the term half-.

biological half-life

noun

: the time that a living body requires to eliminate one half the quantity of an administered substance (as a radioisotope) through its normal channels of elimination

half-life

noun

half-moon

noun

half-value layer

noun

: the thickness of an absorbing substance necessary to reduce by one half the initial intensity of the radiation passing through it


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