life

matter capable of extracting energy from the environment for replication
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life

Summary

life is a type of property[1]. life ranks in the top 2% of type_of_property entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,134 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • life's instance of is recorded as type of property[3].
  • life's instance of is recorded as natural phenomenon[4].
  • life's instance of is recorded as biological process[5].
  • life is a type of being[6].
  • life is a type of lyfe[7].
  • life is used for reproduction[8].
  • life's Commons category is recorded as Life[9].
  • life's said to be the same as is recorded as Earthling[10].
  • life's said to be the same as is recorded as Q12898198[11].
  • life comprises biological process[12].
  • life comprises metabolism[13].
  • life's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Life[14].
  • life's described at URL is recorded as https://baike.sogou.com/v101896393.htm[15].
  • life's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • life's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • life's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • life's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[19].
  • life's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[20].
  • life's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[21].
  • life's described by source is recorded as Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān[22].
  • life's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • life's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[24].
  • life's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[25].
  • life's partially coincident with is recorded as real life[26].
  • life's has immediate cause is recorded as not yet determined[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of property[3], natural phenomenon[4], and biological process[5]. Recorded subclass of include being[6] and lyfe[7].

Use and Application

life is used for reproduction[8]. Components include biological process[12], a type of process[28] and metabolism[13], a biological process[29].

Influence

Things named for life include nitrogen[30], a chemical element[31]; Conway's Game of Life[32], a Life-like cellular automaton[33], founded in 1970[34]; antibiotic[35], a class of chemical entities with similar applications or functions[36]; vitamin[37], a group of chemical entities[38]; monazite[39], a mineral series[40]; modesty in Islam[41], an Islamic term[42]; and Eve in Islam[43], an Islamic term[44].

Why It Matters

life ranks in the top 2% of type_of_property entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,134 views/month).[2] life has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] life is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for life include nitrogen[30], a chemical element[31]; Conway's Game of Life[32], a Life-like cellular automaton[33], founded in 1970[34]; antibiotic[35], a class of chemical entities with similar applications or functions[36]; vitamin[37], a group of chemical entities[38]; monazite[39], a mineral series[40]; and modesty in Islam[41], an Islamic term[42].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Defining Lyfe in the Universe: From Three Privileged Functions to Four Pillars. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . referenceworks.brillonline.com. referenceworks.brillonline.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [41] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [43] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag life
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: life, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289941053|life (#289941053)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 22d ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0005388-zivot
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0005388-zivot, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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