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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group",
"word": "生命週期"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngmìng zhōuqī",
"sense": "useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group",
"word": "生命周期"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group",
"word": "elinkaari"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Lebenszyklus"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciclo di vita"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciclo vitale"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "livssyklus"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "livssyklus"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group",
"word": "عمر"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group",
"word": "طول عمر"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciclo de vida"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciclu de viață"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žíznennyj cikl",
"sense": "useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жи́зненный цикл"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciclo de vida"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Biological life cycle"
],
"word": "life cycle"
}
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