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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky