lifecycle stages
Development over time
Lifecycle stages are the distinct phases something passes through from beginning to end.
The term appears in biology the lifecycle stages of a butterfly, product development We're in the early lifecycle stages, marketing targeting customers at different lifecycle stages, and software engineering.
Each stage typically has characteristic features, durations, and transitions to the next phase.
- larvaImmature feeding stage
- pupationMetamorphic encasement phase
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- senescenceGradual functional decline with age
- embryoOrganism before birth
adult · maturity · chrysalis · death · reproduction · empty nest · turning point · fledgling · growing pains · decomposition · retirement · germination · growth · juvenile · development · full bloom · decline · old age
lifecycle stagesinstant
Briefest unit of time
point in time · snapshot · freeze frame · split second · flash
lifecycle stagesstasis
State of inactivity
arrested development · timelessness · suspended animation · immutability
life, stage, cycle, life cycle