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Gompertz-Makeham law

Gompertz-Makeham law proper noun: the observation that the human death rate is the sum of an age-dependent component (the Gompertz function), which increases exponentially with age, and an age-independent component (the Makeham term).

Proper noun

the Gompertz-Makeham law

  1. The observation that the human death rate is the sum of an age-dependent component (the Gompertz function), which increases exponentially with age, and an age-independent component (the Makeham term).

Origin of Gompertz-Makeham law

Named after Benjamin Gompertz and William Makeham.

Questions about Gompertz-Makeham law

What does Gompertz-Makeham law mean?
Gompertz-Makeham law means the observation that the human death rate is the sum of an age-dependent component (the Gompertz function), which increases exponentially with age, and an age-independent component (the Makeham term).
What part of speech is Gompertz-Makeham law?
Gompertz-Makeham law is a proper noun.

Words near Gompertz-Makeham law in the dictionary

  1. Gompertz curves
  2. Gompertz distribution
  3. Gompertz distributions
  4. Gompertz function
  5. Gompertz functions
  6. Gompertz-Makeham law
  7. Gompertzian
  8. gomphaceous
  9. gomphacil
  10. gomphate
  11. gomphiasis

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