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Home Dictionary Name: half lengthHalf length
Of half the whole or ordinary length as a picture...
Half sword
Half the length of a sword close fight...
Bishops length
A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches The half bishop measures 45 by 56...
arm's length
arm's length : the condition of the parties to a business deal in which each has independent interests and one does not dominate the other often used in the phrase at arm's length [a contract made at arm's length] arm's-length adj ...
Half life
the time it takes for one half of a substance decaying in a first order reaction to be destroyed For radioactive substances it is the time required for one half of the initial amount of the radioactive isotope to decay The half lifeis a measure of the rate of the reaction being observed For processes that are true first order processes such as radioactive decay the half life is independent of the quantity of material present and it is thus a constant The time it takes for one half the remaining quantity of a radioactive isotope to decay will be the same regardless of how far the decay process has advanced Some chemical reactions are also first order and may be characterized as having a half life However for chemical reactions the half life will depend upon temperature and in some cases other environmental conditions whereas for radioactive isotopes the rate of decay is largely independent of the environment...
Half
Consisting of a moiety or half as a half bushel a half hour a half dollar a half view...
Half blood
Half blood, means two persons one said to be related to each other by full blood when they are descended from a common ancestor by the same wife and by half blood when they are descended from a common ancestor but by different wives. [Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (30 of 1956), s. 3(e); Special Marriage Act, 1954, s. 2(b)]The relationship through one only and not through both of the parents or other ancestors. By the old law a relative of the half-blood could not inherit real estate, but this was altered by the Inheritance Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 106). In the succession to personal estate there was no distinction between the whole and the half-blood until 1926, when the Admin. Of Estates Act, 1925, ss. 46 & 47, enacted that the half-blood are only entitled to the distribution of an intestate estate on the total absence of the whole blood in equal degree; see FRATER FRATRI, etc.The relationship existing between persons having the same mother or father, but not both parents in common, Bl...
Half-brother, half-sister
Half-brother, half-sister, a brother or sister by the father's or mother's side only. Marriage with a half-sister of a deceased wife or half-brother of a deceased husband has been legalized; see Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Acts, 1907-1931...
Length
The longest or longer dimension of any object in distinction from breadth or width extent of anything from end to end the longest line which can be drawn through a body parallel to its sides as the length of a church or of a ship the length of a rope or line...
Length of service rendered in the cadre
Length of service rendered in the cadre, the criterion for the determination of seniority under the Delhi Rules is the length of service rendered by the candidates during the period when they were rendering service either as District Judge or as Additional District and Sessions Judge in permanent or temporary capacities, G.R. Luthra v. Lt. Governor, AIR 1974 SC 1908: (1975) 1 SCR 974: (1975) 3 SCC 258. [Delhi Higher Judicial Service Rules, 1970, R. 6(3)]...
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