English Explanatory Dictionary

Gompertz-Makeham law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  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).

Word forms

Gompertz-Makeham law the Gompertz-Makeham law

Etymology

Named after Benjamin Gompertz and William Makeham.

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