Assertion: life | /r/HasProperty | characteristic
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text: Life is a characteristic that distinguishes physical entities that have biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from those that do not, either because such functions have ceased (they have died), or because they never had such functions and are classified as inanimate.
text: Life is considered a characteristic of something that preserves, furthers or reinforces its existence in the given environment.