life cycle

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Alternative forms

• lifecycle

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
2. (by extension) the useful life of a product or system; the developmental history of an individual or group in society

Translations

course of stages through which an organism passes

• Afrikaans: lewensiklus (af)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生命週期 (cmn), 生命周期 (cmn) (shēngmìng zhōuqí)

• Danish: livscyklus (da)
• Dutch: levenscyclus (nl)
• French: cycle de vie (fr) m
• German: Lebenszyklus (de) m
• Irish: timthriall na beatha (ga) m
• Italian: ciclo di vita (it) m
• Japanese: ライフサイクル (ja) (raifusaikuru)

• Korean: 라이프 사이클 (ko) (raipeu saikeul)
• Persian: چرخه حیات (fa) (سالار)
• Romanian: ciclul de viaţă (ro)
• Russian: жизненный цикл (ru) (žíznennyj cikl) m 
• Spanish: ciclo de vida (es) m, ciclo vital (es) m

useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group

• German: Lebenszyklus (de) m
• Italian: ciclo di vita (it) m

• Russian: жизненный цикл (ru) (žíznennyj cikl) m 
• Spanish: ciclo de vida (es) m