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international age

noun

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  1. An age system where a person is considered zero years old at birth, and adds one to their…

    An age system where a person is considered zero years old at birth, and adds one to their age on their birthday.

    • Take “Gangnam Style” singer Psy, for example. Born on December 31, 1977, he is considered 45 by international age; 46 by calendar year age; and 47 by Korean age.
    • There is a second counting method – a mix of the international and Korean age systems – in which a baby is born at zero years, and one year is added every January 1.

  2. One's age under this system.

    • Yoon Jae-ha, left, shows his international age of eight and Korean age of nine next to his father, Yoon Dong-gun, whose international age is 43 and Korean age is 44

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