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Give 2 possible definitions of half-life

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the time required for half of something to undergo a process: such as. a : the time required for half of the atoms of a radioactive substance to become disintegrated.
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the time taken for the radioactivity of a specific isotope to fall to half its original value.

the time required for any specific property (e.g. the concentration of a substance in the body) to decrease by half.

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