biological life

biological life noun: synonym of life cycle.

Noun

biological life (plural biological lives)

Synonym of life cycle.

Synonyms:

life cycle
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see biological, life.
- Life emerges as chemical life (branched proteins) that yields biological life (branched protein protocells).2005, Joseph Seckbach, Julian Chela-Flores, Tobias Owen, Life in the Universe, page 357
- It is claimed that human biological life is only a bonum utile — it is not valuable in itself but only as a means to or as a precondition of the actualization of human achievements that are valuble in themselves. Where the human biological life is of a kind that is lacking in the capacity for such...2014, John Kleinig, Valuing Life, page 140

Where the human biological life is of a kind that is lacking in the capacity for such intrinsically valuable achievement, it lacks even instrumental value.2014, John Kleinig, Valuing Life, page 140:
Biological life is neither matter (by itself) nor Universal Information (by itself) but both matter and information are necessary for biological life.2023, Werner Gitt, Information: The Key to Life, page 168:

plural	biological lives

What does biological life mean?: Biological life means synonym of life cycle.
How do you use biological life in a sentence?: Where the human biological life is of a kind that is lacking in the capacity for such intrinsically valuable achievement, it lacks even instrumental value.
What part of speech is biological life?: Biological life is a noun.
What is the plural of biological life?: The plural of biological life is biological lives.

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