Associations to the word «Lifespan»

Wiktionary

LIFESPAN, noun. The length of time for which an organism lives.
LIFESPAN, noun. (by extension)   The length of time for which something exists or is current or valid.

Dictionary definition

LIFESPAN, noun. The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats