Makeham's law
noun
Make·ham's law
ˈmākəmz-
: an actuarial rule: the mortality risk of a person at any age over 20 is equal to a constant plus a simple exponential function of the age
Word History
Etymology
after William Makeham, 19th century British mathematician
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