"life cycle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlaɪf ˌsaɪ.kəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-life cycle.wav Forms: life cycles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} life cycle (plural life cycles)
  1. (biology) The course of stages through which an organism passes from fertilized zygote until maturity, reproduction, and death. Categories (topical): Biology Synonyms: biological life Translations (course of stages through which an organism passes): lewensiklus (Afrikaans), ဇီဝစက် (jiwa.cak) (Burmese), 生命週期 /生命周期 (shēngmìng zhōuqí) (Chinese Mandarin), livscyklus (Danish), levenscyclus (Dutch), elinkaari (Finnish), cycle de vie [masculine] (French), Lebenszyklus [masculine] (German), daur hidup (Indonesian), siklus hidup (Indonesian), timthriall na beatha [masculine] (Irish), ciclo di vita [masculine] (Italian), ciclo vitale [masculine] (Italian), 生活環 (seikatsukan) (alt: せいかつかん) (Japanese), ライフサイクル (raifusaikuru) (Japanese), 라이프 사이클 (raipeu saikeul) (Korean), kitaran hayat (Malay), livssyklus [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), livssyklus [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), چرخه حیات (alt: سالار) (Persian), دورزیست (Persian), cykl życia [masculine] (Polish), ciclo de vida [masculine] (Portuguese), ciclu de viață [neuter] (Romanian), жи́зненный цикл (žíznennyj cikl) [masculine] (Russian), ciclo de vida [masculine] (Spanish), ciclo vital [masculine] (Spanish), livscykel [common-gender] (Swedish), ikot-buhay (Tagalog), yaşam döngüsü (Turkish), vòng đời (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-life_cycle-en-noun-0UihL5zk Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 45 55 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'course of stages through which an organism passes': 99 1
  2. (by extension) The useful life of a product or system; the developmental history of an individual or group in society. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Systems theory Synonyms: lifecycle Hyponyms: software life cycle Translations (useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group): lewensiklus (Afrikaans), 生命週期 /生命周期 (shēngmìng zhōuqī) (Chinese Mandarin), elinkaari (Finnish), Lebenszyklus [masculine] (German), ciclo di vita [masculine] (Italian), ciclo vitale [masculine] (Italian), livssyklus [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), livssyklus [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), عمر (Persian), طول عمر (Persian), ciclo de vida [masculine] (Portuguese), ciclu de viață [neuter] (Romanian), жи́зненный цикл (žíznennyj cikl) [masculine] (Russian), ciclo de vida [masculine] (Spanish)
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Alternative forms

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      "sense": "course of stages through which an organism passes",
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      "word": "yaşam döngüsü"
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      "word": "vòng đời"
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