long-lifeadj.
/ˌlɒŋˈlʌɪf/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋˈlaɪf/, /ˈlɑŋˈlaɪf/ 1. Of a product: able to continue working for longer than others of the same kind.
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the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring
longeOE
longsomeeOE
long of lifeOE
lastinga1225
cleaving1340
continualc1340
dwellingc1380
long-livinga1382
everlastingc1384
long-duringa1387
long-lasting?a1400
long-liveda1400
broadc1400
permanable?c1422
perseverant?a1425
permanentc1425
perdurable?a1439
continuedc1440
abiding1448
unremoved1455
eternalc1460
long-continued1464
continuing1526
long-enduring1527
enduring1532
immortal1538
diuturn?1541
veterated1547
resiant?1567
stayinga1568
well-wearinga1568
substantive1575
pertinacious1578
extant1581
ceaseless1590
marble1596
of length1597
longeval1598
diuturnal1599
nine-lived1600
chronic1601
unexhausted1602
chronical1604
endurable1607
continuant1610
indeflourishing1610
aged1611
indurant1611
continuatea1616
perennious1628
seculara1631
undiscontinueda1631
continuated1632
untransitory1632
long-spun1633
momently1641
stative1643
outliving1645
constant1653
long-descended1660
voluminousa1661
perduring1664
perdurant1671
livelong1673
perennial1676
longeve1678
consequential1681
unquenched1703
lifelong1746
momentary1755
inveterate1780
stabile1797
persistent1826
unpassing1831
all-time1846
year-long1846
teak-built1847
lengthful1855
long-term1867
long haul1873
sticky1879
week-to-week1879
perenduring1883
long-range1885
longish1889
long-time1902
long run1904
long-life1915
1915 Pop. Mech. July (Advt. section) 19/3 Ajax Guaranteed, long-life Storage Battery, can't be beat for efficiency, easy to install.
1938 Amer. Home June 90/1 (advt.) Be sure the sprinkler you buy is a long-life genuine Rain King.
1947 Life 17 Nov. 12/4 (advt.) Philco quality in a portable radio... Plays on AC, DC, or long-life battery.
1963 Adv. Energy Conversion 3 595 Gas temperatures must be limited to values compatible with long-life reactor and duct designs.
1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 505/2 NASA's contribution to Cassini is a long-life Saturn orbiter.
2007 Independent 12 Apr. 36/6 There is a much governmental encouragement to us to use long-life light-bulbs.
2. Of an isotope: having a long half-life; spec. having a longer half-life than other isotopes of the same element.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactive isotope > [adjective] > having long life
long-life1946
1946 Physical Rev. 70 987/1 (heading) Long-life radio-iodine.
1962 New Scientist 1 Nov. 21/1 Shortly after the second World War ended, they utilized the availability of the long-life isotope of carbon.
2010 V. B. Martin Celestial Society 161 With the long-life isotopes—Na22 and Cl36 and rubidium—you didn't have to count immediately.
3. Of a food product: treated so as to stay fresh for longer than usual.
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1965 Times 12 Feb. 18/4 Following its breakthrough in processing ‘long life’ milk, the Express Dairy Co. announces the opening of London's newest restaurant.
1993 Which? Apr. 38/3 Long-life yoghurt is usually sold from unrefrigerated shelves and will have a long ‘use by’ date marked on it.
2012 Independent 13 June 13/2 The distant buzz..heralds the arrival of a theatrical ‘village shopkeeper’ stocking shelves sparsely filled with Primula squirty cheese and long-life Mothers Pride [bread].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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