survivorship

English

Etymology

From survivor +‎ -ship.

Noun

survivorship (usually uncountable, plural survivorships)

1. The state of being a survivor.
   • 2015 July 10, “Data-Driven Method to Estimate Nonlinear Chemical Equivalence”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     We therefore seek a method for response-function normalization method which involves manipulating empirical curves that result from unconstrainted empirical fits of the corrected survivorship data.

2. (biology) The number or percentage of young that survive to adulthood.
3. (law) A right whereby a person becomes entitled to property by reason of his having survived another person who had an interest in it. It is one of the elements of a joint tenancy.

Derived terms

• survivorship bias
• presumption of survivorship

See also

• (legal right): tenancy