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Life cycle — refers to: * Biological life cycle ** Honey bee life cycle * Life cycle of a nation * New product development * Product life cycle management * LIFECYCLE Fundraising * Software life cycle * Adobe LifeCycle … Wikipedia
life cycle — life cycles 1) N COUNT: usu with poss The life cycle of an animal or plant is the series of changes and developments that it passes through from the beginning of its life until its death. The dormant period is another stage in the life cycle of… … English dictionary
life cycle — The term is first recorded in 1873 in its biological meaning ‘the series of changes in the life of an organism’, and this is the only meaning given in the current edition (2006) of the Concise Oxford Dictionary. During the course of the 20c,… … Modern English usage
life cycle — n 1) the series of stages in form and functional activity through which an organism passes between successive recurrences of a specified primary stage 2) LIFE HISTORY (1a) * * * the successive events in the life history of an organism, such as… … Medical dictionary
life cycle — life .cycle n all the different levels of development that an animal or plant goes through during its life … Dictionary of contemporary English
life cycle — life ,cycle noun count 1. ) the series of changes that happen to an animal or plant during its life 2. ) the length of time that something lasts or remains useful … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
life cycle — ► NOUN ▪ the series of changes in the life of an organism including reproduction … English terms dictionary
life cycle — life cycle. См. жизненный цикл. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
life cycle — n. 1. the series of developmental changes in form undergone by a particular type of organism from its earliest stage to the recurrence of the same stage in the next generation 2. any series of changes like this … English World dictionary
life cycle — 1. Biol. the continuous sequence of changes undergone by an organism from one primary form, as a gamete, to the development of the same form again. 2. a series of stages, as childhood and middle age, that characterize the course of existence of… … Universalium
life cycle — The lifetime of a product or business, from its creation to its demise or transformation. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * life cycle UK US (also lifecycle) noun [C, usually singular] MARKETING, PRODUCTION ► the series of changes that a… … Financial and business terms
