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Biometry

Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration of human life.

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Statistics 76% connected

The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.

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Biostatistics 92% connected

Vital statistics.

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Baseline noun · 78% connection

an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared; "they established a baseline for the budget"

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Bench mark noun · 78% connection

a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point

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Benchmark noun · 78% connection

a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point

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Character reference noun · 78% connection

a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;…

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Consequence noun · 78% connection

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "h…

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Data noun · 78% connection

a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data"

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database noun · 78% connection

an organized body of related information

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Dependability noun · 78% connection

the quality of being dependable or reliable

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Dependableness noun · 78% connection

the quality of being dependable or reliable

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Duplicability noun · 78% connection

the quality of being reproducible

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Effect noun · 78% connection

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "h…

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Empirical adjective · 78% connection

derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical d…

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Evidence noun · 78% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Finding noun · 78% connection

something that is found; "the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner"; "an area rich…

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Findings noun · 78% connection

a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes

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Grounds noun · 78% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Implication noun · 78% connection

a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation…

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Indicator noun · 78% connection

a device for showing the operating condition of some system

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Alnage noun · 78% connection

Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement.

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Anthropometry noun · 78% connection

Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc.

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Anthropomorphist noun · 78% connection

One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.

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Anthropomorphite noun · 78% connection

One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of anci…

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Azoic adjective · 78% connection

Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was…

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Brevity noun · 78% connection

Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life.

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Calculated p. p. & a. · 78% connection

Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the…

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Calculative adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation.

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Cynical adjective · 78% connection

Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes which ar…

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Depth noun · 78% connection

The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the…

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Estate for life noun · 78% connection

(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it

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Eternity noun · 78% connection

Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.

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