half-life (plural)

English translation: half-lives

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English term or phrase:half-life (plural)
Selected answer:half-lives
Entered by: Mark Nathan

09:20 Mar 23, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Physics
English term or phrase: half-life (plural)
I would like to be sure about the correct plural of 'half-life': is it 'half-lives' as you might expect, or 'half-lifes'? Wikipedia says 'half-lives' but I do not fully accept the authority of Wikipedia, so if someone has a better reference I'd be grateful.
Kari Foster
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:30
half-lives
Explanation:
that's what I've always said
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Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 16:30
Grading comment
I see it is unanimous, so now I can use it with total confidence. Thank you.
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Mark Nathan


  

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half-lives


Explanation:
that's what I've always said


Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 16:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I see it is unanimous, so now I can use it with total confidence. Thank you.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for the reassurance, and thank you Buck for the ref.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kmtext: And me
2 mins

agree  Buck: agree (on both counts) also see: http://ie.lbl.gov/radioactivedecay/
4 mins

agree  Marie-Hélène Hayles
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agree  Marina FS
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agree  Attila Piróth
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agree  Dr. Andrew Frankland
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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
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agree  Henrique Serra
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agree  Alfa Trans (X)
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agree  Richard Benham
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agree  R. Alex Jenkins
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agree  ErichEko ⟹⭐
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agree  Katerina Strani-Jefferson
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agree  Veronica Prpic Uhing
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agree  Sophia Finos (X)
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