life cycle
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Tweet n. 1. The course of developmental changes through which an organism passes from its inception through the stage at which it reproduces. 2. A progression through a series of differing stages of development: the life cycle of a star. 3. The span of a product's existence from its initial development through the period of marketing and active use to eventual obsolescence. |
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