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liveness

liveness noun: the property of being alive.

Noun

liveness (usually uncountable, plural livenesses)

  1. (usually) The property of being alive.
  2. (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.

Forms of liveness

plurallivenesses

Origin of liveness

From live + -ness.

Questions about liveness

What does liveness mean?
Liveness means the property of being alive.
What part of speech is liveness?
Liveness is a noun.
What is the plural of liveness?
The plural of liveness is livenesses.

Words near liveness in the dictionary

  1. liven up
  2. livened
  3. livened up
  4. livener
  5. liveners
  6. liveness
  7. livenesses
  8. Livengood
  9. Livengoods
  10. livening
  11. livening up

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