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Look up: Life

  1. LIFE
    See Conway's Game of Life.
    Found on http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/FLAOH/cbnh

  2. life
    [n] - the period from the present until death 2. [n] - the period between birth and the present time 3. [n] - the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) 4. [n] - a characteristic state or mode of living 5. [n] - the course of existence of an i...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Life
    US weekly magazine of photojournalism, which recorded US and world events pictorially from 1936-72, 1978-â€Æ`. It was founded by Henry Luce, owner of Time Inc., who bought the title of an older...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. life
    the duration of satisfactory performance,measured in years(float life)or in the number of charge/discharge cycles(cycle life) Category: Electrical engineering and energy • the time during which a lamp has been operated before becoming useless or considered as such according to certain sp...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Life
    Life (līf) noun ; plural Lives (līvz). [ Anglo-Saxon līf ; akin to Dutch lijf body, German leib body, Middle High German līp life, body, Old High German līb life, Icel...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/39

  6. life
    Origin: AS. Lf; akin to D. Lijf body, G. Leib body, MHG. Lp life, body, OHG. Lb life, Icel. Lf, life, body, Sw. Lif, Dan. Liv, and E. Live, v. See Live, and cf. Alive. ... 1. The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. life
    living noun the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; `he could no longer cope with the complexities of life`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. life
    noun living things collectively; `the oceans are teeming with life`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. life
    lifetime noun the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); `the battery had a short life`; `he lived a long and happy life`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. life
    noun a motive for living; `pottery was his life`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. life
    noun a living person; `his heroism saved a life`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. life
    noun the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; `there is no life on the moon`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. Life
    • (n.) An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood. • (n.) Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; auth...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. Life
    (from the article `Cavendish, George`) English courtier and writer who won a minor but lasting reputation through a single work, his Life of Cardinal Wolsey, a landmark in the development ... ...and simpler; in a series of moving moments it unfolds the struggle within Sir Thomas More between his duty to conscience and his duty to his ki...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/47

  15. Life
    weekly picture magazine (1936–72) published in New York City. Life was a pioneer in photojournalism and one of the major forces in that field`s ... [9 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/47

  16. life
    the state of a material complex or individual characterized by the capacity to perform certain functional activities, including metabolism, growth, ... [17 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/47

  17. life
    Type: Term Pronunciation: līf Definitions: 1. Vitality, the essential condition of being alive; the state of existence characterized by such functions as metabolism, growth, reproduction, adaptation, and response to stimuli. 2. Living organisms such as animals and plants.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  18. Life
    The period during which a system is capable of operating above a specified performance level.
    Found on http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/solar_

  19. life
    (jargon) The opposite of Usenet. As in 'Get a life!' [Jargon File] (1995-04-21)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/life

  20. LIFE
    (language) Logic of Inheritance, Functions and Equations. An object-oriented, functional, constraint-based language by Hassan Ait-Kacy (hak@prl.dec.com) et al of MCC, Austin TX, 1987. LIFE integrates ideas from LOGIN and LeFun. Mailing list: life-users@prl.dec.com. See also Wild_LIFE. ['Is There a ...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/LIFE

  21. Life
    (games) The first popular cellular automata based artificial life 'game'. Life was invented by British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970 and was first introduced publicly in 'Scientific American' later that year. Conway first devised what he called 'The Game of Life' and 'ran' it using plate...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/Life

  22. life
    • a characteristic state or mode of living
    • the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
    • the experience of living; the course of human events and activities
    • the condition of living or the state of being alive
    • the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
    • the period between birth and the present time
    • anim...
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    • life
      the total time for which a lamp has been operated before it becomes useless, or is considered to be so according to specified criteria NOTE - Lamp life is usually expressed in hours.
      Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/

    • life
      life, although there is no universal agreement as to a definition of life, its biological manifestations are generally considered to be organization, metabolism, growth, irritability, adaptation, and reproduction. Protozoa perform, in a single cell, the same life functions as those carried on by the...
      Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08297

    • Life
      Life is a comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence in a story about a pickpocket and a down-to-earth bank teller both framed for a murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Life was directed by Ted Demme in 1999.
      Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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