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   Mortality \Mor*tal"i*ty\, n. [L. mortalitas: cf. F.
      mortalit[82].]
      1. The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to
            death or to the necessity of dying.
  
                     When I saw her die, I then did think on your
                     mortality.                                          --Carew.
  
      2. Human life; the life of a mortal being.
  
                     From this instant There 's nothing serious in
                     mortality.                                          --Shak.
  
      3. Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human cace;
            humanity; human nature.
  
                     Take these tears, mortality's relief. --Pope.
  
      4. Death; destruction. --Shak.
  
      5. The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a
            given community; also, the proportion of deaths to
            population, or to a specific number of the population;
            death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the
            mortality among the settlers was alarming.
  
      {Bill of mortality}. See under {Bill}.
  
      {Law of mortality}, a mathematical relation between the
            numbers living at different ages, so that from a given
            large number of persons alive at one age, it can be
            computed what number are likely to survive a given number
            of years.
  
      {Table of mortality}, a table exhibiting the average relative
            number of persons who survive, or who have died, at the
            end of each year of life, out of a given number supposed
            to have been born at the same time.

English Dictionary: Leben reinbringen by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leviner \Lev"in*er\ (-[etil]r), n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A swift hound.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Leavenworth, IN (town, FIPS 42606)
      Location: 38.20041 N, 86.34658 W
      Population (1990): 320 (147 housing units)
      Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 47137
   Leavenworth, KS (city, FIPS 39000)
      Location: 39.32456 N, 94.92321 W
      Population (1990): 38495 (12568 housing units)
      Area: 58.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 66048
   Leavenworth, WA (city, FIPS 38845)
      Location: 47.59132 N, 120.66425 W
      Population (1990): 1692 (845 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 98826

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Leavenworth County, KS (county, FIPS 103)
      Location: 39.20242 N, 95.03805 W
      Population (1990): 64371 (21264 housing units)
      Area: 1200.0 sq km (land), 13.1 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Loebner Prize
  
      An annual competition in {artificial
      intelligence} started by Dr. {Hugh Loebner} of New York City
      in 1991.   A $100,000 prize is offered to the author of the
      first computer program to pass an unrestricted {Turing test}.
      Annual competitions are held each year with a $2000 prize for
      the best program on a restricted {Turing test}.
  
      Sponsors of previous competitions include: {Apple Computer},
      {Computerland}, Crown Industries, GDE Systems, {IBM} Personal
      Computer Company's {Center for Natural Computing}, Greenwich
      Capital Markets, {Motorola}, the {National Science
      Foundation}, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and The Weingart
      Foundation.
  
      The 1995 and 1996 events were unrestricted Turing Tests,
      requiring computer entries to converse indefinitely with no
      topic restrictions.   So far, even the best programs give
      themselves away almost immediately, either by simple
      grammatical mistakes or by repetition.
  
      Complete transcripts and {IBM compatible} diskettes that play
      the 1991, 1992, and 1993 conversations in real-time are
      available for purchase from the Cambridge Center for
      Behavioral Studies (telephone: +1 (617) 491 9020, Fax: 1072).
      Sponsorship opportunities are available.
  
      {Loebner Prize Home (http://loebner.net/)}.
  
      (2003-11-30)
  
  
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