A brief interval.
A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.
In Ancient Greek rhetoric, a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity it was defined as a combination of words having no more than eight syllables in all. It was later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma.
The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.
A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.
To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas.
A particular phase or period of existence.
A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole).
An opportunity for existence.
A worthwhile existence.
The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
The span of time during which an object operates.
The most lively component or participant.
Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
The period of time during which an object is recognizable.
Animation; spirit; vivacity.
A biography.
One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of an misplay by a member of the fielding team.
Social life.
Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
A particular aspect of existence.
The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.
The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.
Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age).
One of a player's chances to play in various children's playground games, lost when a mistake is made, for example being struck by the ball in dodgeball.
The life insurance industry.
A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).
Existence.
A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
To replace components whose operational lifetime has expired.