noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The property of being alive. uncountable, usually
2. 2
   the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life wordnet
3. 3
   A set of properties of a concurrent system that require the system to make progress despite the fact that its concurrently executing processes may have to take turns in critical sections. uncountable, usually

Synonyms

All synonyms

alivenessanimateness

Etymology

From live + -ness.