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human year

human year noun: a regular calendar year, as opposed to a dog year or the "year" of any other animal species.

Noun

human year (plural human years)

  1. (informal) A regular calendar year, as opposed to a dog year or the "year" of any other animal species.
  2. A unit of age relative to the species being considered, defined such that an animal's age in "human years" is the equivalent age of a human being in calendar years.

Forms of human year

pluralhuman years

Questions about human year

What does human year mean?
Human year means a regular calendar year, as opposed to a dog year or the "year" of any other animal species.
What part of speech is human year?
Human year is a noun.
What is the plural of human year?
The plural of human year is human years.

Words near human year in the dictionary

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  3. human trafficking
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  6. human year
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  8. human zoo
  9. human zoos
  10. human-computer interaction
  11. human-dominated

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