Hypertext Webster Gateway: "longevity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Longevity \Lon*gev"i*ty\, n. [L. longaevitas. See {Longevous}.]
Long duration of life; length of life.
The instances of longevity are chiefly amongst the
abstemious. --Arbuthnot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
longevity
n 1: duration of service: "her longevity as a star"; "had unusual
longevity in the company" [syn: {length of service}]
2: the property of being long-lived [syn: {seniority}]
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