Usually means: Duration for substance to halve.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (decay time)

noun:  (physics) The amount of time required for a collection of atoms of a specific radionuclide to decay to a fraction of the initial number, equivalent to 1/e, where e = 2.71828.


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