liveness
The property of being aliveThe property of being alive.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)The property of being alive.
(uncountable, usually)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.
More definitions
- the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
Origin
From live + -ness.From live + -ness.
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Forms
plural: livenesses| Singular | liveness |
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uncountable
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life:animatenessaliveness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedlive
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable