Definition of life cycle Life cycle
life cy•cle
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What does life cycle mean?
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| life cycle - a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage | ||
| life cycle - the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced |
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Wiktionary 
- life cycle (Noun)
The course of stages through which an organism passes from fertilized zygote until maturity, reproduction, and death. - life cycle (Noun)
The useful life of a product or system; the developmental history of an individual or group in society.
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life cycle
The phases, changes, or stages through which an organism passes throughout its lifetime. -
life cycle
The useful life of a product or system; the developmental history of an individual or group in society.
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Life cycle means how a living thing is born, grows up, gets older, reproduces and dies.
It can also be used to describe products such as software. In this case it means how the software is designed, written, tested and released.
Humans have two stages in the life cycle, child and adult. Other animals may have more stages. Animals that lay eggs have three, and most insects have four.
