資料來源 : pyDict
必死的命運,死亡數目,死亡率
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mortality \Mor*tal"i*ty\, n. [L. mortalitas: cf. F.
mortalit['e].]
1. The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to
death or to the necessity of dying.
When I saw her die, I then did think on your
mortality. --Carew.
2. Human life; the life of a mortal being.
From this instant There 's nothing serious in
mortality. --Shak.
3. Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human cace;
humanity; human nature.
Take these tears, mortality's relief. --Pope.
4. Death; destruction. --Shak.
5. The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a
given community; also, the proportion of deaths to
population, or to a specific number of the population;
death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the
mortality among the settlers was alarming.
{Bill of mortality}. See under {Bill}.
{Law of mortality}, a mathematical relation between the
numbers living at different ages, so that from a given
large number of persons alive at one age, it can be
computed what number are likely to survive a given number
of years.
{Table of mortality}, a table exhibiting the average relative
number of persons who survive, or who have died, at the
end of each year of life, out of a given number supposed
to have been born at the same time.
資料來源 : WordNet®
mortality
n 1: the quality or state of being mortal [ant: {immortality}]
2: the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that
area; expressed per 1000 per year [syn: {deathrate}, {death
rate}, {morbidity}, {mortality rate}, {fatality rate}]