Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pack-year

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables
pack--year
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unit of measure for estimating the number of cigarettes a person has previously smoked, equivalent to average number of packs (each containing 20 cigarettes) smoked per day multiplied by the number of years the person has smoked.

Etymology

Compound of pack + year.

Inflected Forms

pack-years (plural) PY (abbreviation) pack year (alternative)

Phrases

ever-smoker never-smoker

Frequently Paired Words

ever-smoker never-smoker

Questions

What does pack-year mean?
A unit of measure for estimating the number of cigarettes a person has previously smoked, equivalent to average number of packs (each containing 20 cigarettes) smoked per day multiplied by the number of years the person has smoked.
Where does pack-year come from?
Compound of pack + year.

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