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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''lif'', from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''līf''; akin to Old English ''libban'' to live
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : the [[quality]] that distinguishes a [[vital]] and [[functional]] being from a [[dead]] body
:b : a [[principle]] or [[force]] that is [[considered]] to underlie the distinctive [[quality]] of animate [[beings]]
:c : an [[organismic]] state characterized by capacity for [[metabolism]], [[growth]], [[reaction]] to [[stimuli]], and [[reproduction]]
*2a : the [[sequence]] of [[physical]] and [[mental]] [[experiences]] that make up the [[existence]] of an [[individual]]
:b : one or more aspects of the [[process]] of living <[[sex]] life of the frog>
*3: biography
*4: [[spiritual]] existence [[transcending]] physical [[death]]
*5a : the period from [[birth]] to [[death]]
:b : a specific [[phase]] of earthly [[existence]] <adult life>
:c : the period from an [[event]] until [[death]] <a judge appointed for life>
:d : a sentence of imprisonment for the remainder of a [[convict]]'s life
*6: a way or [[manner]] of living
*7: a [[vital]] or living [[being]]; specifically : person <many lives were lost in the disaster>
*8: an animating and shaping [[force]] or principle
*9: [[spirit]], animation <saw no life in her [[dancing]]>
*10: the form or [[pattern]] of something existing in [[reality]] <painted from life>
*11: the period of duration, usefulness, or [[popularity]] of something <the [[expected]] life of the batteries>
*12: the period of [[existence]] (as of a subatomic [[particle]]) — compare half-life
*13: a property (as resilience or elasticity) of an inanimate substance or object resembling the animate [[quality]] of a living being
*14: living beings (as of a particular kind or [[environment]]) <forest life>
*15a : human activities
:b : animate [[activity]] and movement <stirrings of life>
:c : the activities of a given [[sphere]], area, or time <the [[political]] life of the country>
*16: one providing interest and [[vigor]] <life of the party>
*17: an [[opportunity]] for continued viability <gave the patient a new life>
==Description==
Life (cf. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biota_(ecology) biota]) is a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have [[signaling]] and self-sustaining [[processes]] (i.e., living [[organisms]]) from those that do not, either because such [[functions]] have ceased ([[death]]), or else because they lack such functions and are [[classified]] as [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inanimate inanimate]. [[Biology]] is the science concerned with the [[study]] of life.
Living [[organisms]] undergo [[metabolism]], maintain [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeostasis homeostasis], possess a capacity to [[grow]], respond to [[stimuli]], reproduce and, through natural selection, adapt to their [[environment]] in successive [[generations]]. More [[complex]] living organisms can [[communicate]] through various means. A [[diverse]] array of living organisms (life forms) can be found in the [[biosphere]] on [[Earth]], and the properties common to these organisms—[[plants]], animals, fungi, protists, archaea, and bacteria—are a carbon- and water-based [[cellular]] form with [[complex]] [[organization]] and heritable [[genetic]] information.
In [[philosophy]] and [[religion]], the [[conception]] of life and its [[nature]] varies. Both offer [[interpretations]] as to how life relates to [[existence]] and [[consciousness]], and both [[touch]] on many related issues, including life stance, [[purpose]], conception of a god or gods, a soul or an [[afterlife]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life]
==Quote==
Life does not [[originate]] [[spontaneously]]. Life is constructed according to [[plans]] formulated by the (unrevealed) ''Architects of Being''[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Architects_of_the_Master_Universe] and appears on the [[inhabited planets]] either by direct importation or as a result of the operations of the ''Life Carriers'' of the [[local universes]]. These carriers of life are among the most interesting and [[versatile]] of the [[diverse]] [[family]] of universe Sons. They are intrusted with designing and carrying [[creature]] life to the [[planetary]] [[spheres]]. And after planting this life on such new worlds, they remain there for long periods to foster its [[development]].
[[Category: Biology]]
[[Category: Religion]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''lif'', from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''līf''; akin to Old English ''libban'' to live
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : the [[quality]] that distinguishes a [[vital]] and [[functional]] being from a [[dead]] body
:b : a [[principle]] or [[force]] that is [[considered]] to underlie the distinctive [[quality]] of animate [[beings]]
:c : an [[organismic]] state characterized by capacity for [[metabolism]], [[growth]], [[reaction]] to [[stimuli]], and [[reproduction]]
*2a : the [[sequence]] of [[physical]] and [[mental]] [[experiences]] that make up the [[existence]] of an [[individual]]
:b : one or more aspects of the [[process]] of living <[[sex]] life of the frog>
*3: biography
*4: [[spiritual]] existence [[transcending]] physical [[death]]
*5a : the period from [[birth]] to [[death]]
:b : a specific [[phase]] of earthly [[existence]] <adult life>
:c : the period from an [[event]] until [[death]] <a judge appointed for life>
:d : a sentence of imprisonment for the remainder of a [[convict]]'s life
*6: a way or [[manner]] of living
*7: a [[vital]] or living [[being]]; specifically : person <many lives were lost in the disaster>
*8: an animating and shaping [[force]] or principle
*9: [[spirit]], animation <saw no life in her [[dancing]]>
*10: the form or [[pattern]] of something existing in [[reality]] <painted from life>
*11: the period of duration, usefulness, or [[popularity]] of something <the [[expected]] life of the batteries>
*12: the period of [[existence]] (as of a subatomic [[particle]]) — compare half-life
*13: a property (as resilience or elasticity) of an inanimate substance or object resembling the animate [[quality]] of a living being
*14: living beings (as of a particular kind or [[environment]]) <forest life>
*15a : human activities
:b : animate [[activity]] and movement <stirrings of life>
:c : the activities of a given [[sphere]], area, or time <the [[political]] life of the country>
*16: one providing interest and [[vigor]] <life of the party>
*17: an [[opportunity]] for continued viability <gave the patient a new life>
==Description==
Life (cf. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biota_(ecology) biota]) is a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have [[signaling]] and self-sustaining [[processes]] (i.e., living [[organisms]]) from those that do not, either because such [[functions]] have ceased ([[death]]), or else because they lack such functions and are [[classified]] as [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inanimate inanimate]. [[Biology]] is the science concerned with the [[study]] of life.
Living [[organisms]] undergo [[metabolism]], maintain [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeostasis homeostasis], possess a capacity to [[grow]], respond to [[stimuli]], reproduce and, through natural selection, adapt to their [[environment]] in successive [[generations]]. More [[complex]] living organisms can [[communicate]] through various means. A [[diverse]] array of living organisms (life forms) can be found in the [[biosphere]] on [[Earth]], and the properties common to these organisms—[[plants]], animals, fungi, protists, archaea, and bacteria—are a carbon- and water-based [[cellular]] form with [[complex]] [[organization]] and heritable [[genetic]] information.
In [[philosophy]] and [[religion]], the [[conception]] of life and its [[nature]] varies. Both offer [[interpretations]] as to how life relates to [[existence]] and [[consciousness]], and both [[touch]] on many related issues, including life stance, [[purpose]], conception of a god or gods, a soul or an [[afterlife]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life]
==Quote==
Life does not [[originate]] [[spontaneously]]. Life is constructed according to [[plans]] formulated by the (unrevealed) ''Architects of Being''[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Architects_of_the_Master_Universe] and appears on the [[inhabited planets]] either by direct importation or as a result of the operations of the ''Life Carriers'' of the [[local universes]]. These carriers of life are among the most interesting and [[versatile]] of the [[diverse]] [[family]] of universe Sons. They are intrusted with designing and carrying [[creature]] life to the [[planetary]] [[spheres]]. And after planting this life on such new worlds, they remain there for long periods to foster its [[development]].
[[Category: Biology]]
[[Category: Religion]]
