pack-year en · NOUN
Etymology
Compound of pack + year.
Meanings
- 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| py | Abbr=Yes | lexicographic | |
| PY | Abbr=Yes | lexicographic | |
| pack-years | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pack year | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (6)
de Packungsjahr (unit for measurement) · hu csomagév (unit for measurement) · ro pachet-an (unit for measurement) · fr paquet-année (unit for measurement) · hu dobozév (unit for measurement) · pt ano-maço (unit for measurement)