life cycle
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a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage
the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced
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A client need only know how to invoke object methods in order to manage object life cycle; thus, the client is completely abstracted from whatever memory allocator the implementation of the COM object uses.
Additionally, the company enables customers design, manage, and integrate systems throughout the project life cycle.
Although the disease cannot be stopped by removal of the alternate host, the life cycle is disrupted and the rate of mutation is decreased because of reduced genetic recombination.
American military simulations in the 1980s concluded a three to five-fold increase in artillery defence effectiveness when IFVs were deployed. citation Throughout its life cycle, an IFV is expected to gain 30% more weight from armour additions.
A literature review provides support that this punctate rash is a common cutaneous presentation of WNV infection. citation Virology West Nile virus life cycle.
And while we get there is creative destruction in the business life cycle – with seismic changes constantly uprooting and resetting the foundations of our free market – there should always be a market for helping those in need.