Definition of life cycle in US English:
life cycle
nounˈlīf ˌsīkəlˈlaɪf ˌsaɪkəl
The series of changes in the life of an organism including reproduction.
the life cycle of gut parasites
figurative a system for managing software throughout its life cycle
Example sentencesExamples
- This runs from a given stage in the life cycle through all the steps needed to reproduce that stage in the next generation.
- The malaria parasite has a complex life cycle and spends part of it in red blood cells.
- Several methodologies for detecting the underground stages of the parasite life cycle have been reported.
- Leaf senescence is a key step in the life cycle of an annual plant.
- For more perspective we could set other versions of the life cycle in different cultures next to our own.
- The birth of two children, also part of the life cycle, did not provide him with more positive material either.
- As a result, it can offer environmental benefits throughout the product life cycle.
- Like other animals, they pass through a life cycle from birth to maturity to death.
- A majority of plants possess stages in their life cycle at which specific tissues can survive severe tissue water loss.
- Entry into the transport medium may or may not be a regular part of the life cycle of an organism.
- Corpses, after all, are just organic matter, part of a natural life cycle.
- Flowering transition is a major event in the plant life cycle that has to be precisely timed for reproductive success.
- The life cycle of leukaemia cells is well understood, making it relatively easy to spot changes in behaviour.
- The gene is needed for the parasite to progress to the next stage of its life cycle and eventually to cause the disease.
- It was the lot of women to hold status mediated by family relationships that were subject to change over the course of the female life cycle.
- You can change the look at any time and know that the long hair has a limited life cycle.
- The first was a commission to photograph the life cycle of plankton.
- Natural selection must sum up the selective forces on all tissues at all stages of the life cycle and on the gametes themselves.
- The previous chapter discussed the concept of a product life cycle and noted that most products eventually go into decline.
- The phytohormone ethylene plays roles in physiological processes throughout the life cycle of the plant.