mortality

1. n. The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying. Source: opted

2. n. Human life; the life of a mortal being. Source: opted

3. n. Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human cace; humanity; human nature. Source: opted

4. n. Death; destruction. Source: opted

5. n. 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. Source: opted

6. n. the quality or state of being mortal Source: wordnet

7. n. the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year Source: wordnet

8. 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. Source: webster

9. n:100 n. the quality or state of being mortal Source: ecdict

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