Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gompertz-makeham law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gom-pertz--make-ham law
IPA

46

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The observation that the human death rate is the sum of an age-dependent component (the Gompertz function), which increases exponentially with age, and an age-independent component (the Makeham term).

Etymology

Named after Benjamin Gompertz and William Makeham.

Inflected Forms

the Gompertz-Makeham law (canonical)

Questions

What does gompertz-makeham law mean?: The observation that the human death rate is the sum of an age-dependent component (the Gompertz function), which increases exponentially with age, and an age-independent component (the Makeham term).
Where does gompertz-makeham law come from?: Named after Benjamin Gompertz and William Makeham.

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