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| thermal conversion cycle | <radiobiology> Process of generating electrical power with a fusion reactor by means of a steam / other gas turbine. This is distinct from direct conversion cycles. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| topping cycle | A cogeneration system in which electric power is produced first. The reject heat from power production is then used to produce useful process heat. (05 Dec 1998) |
| endogenous cycle | The portion of a parasitic life cycle occurring within the host. (05 Mar 2000) |
| estrous cycle | The series of physiologic uterine, ovarian, and other changes that occur in higher animals, consisting of proestrus, estrus, postestrus, and anestrus or diestrus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| estrus cycle | A reproductive cycle in some female mammals (but not female humans, who instead have menstrual cycles). The cycle is characterised by a short period of intense sexual desire (called estrus or heat) when the animal is fertile, which often occurs only once or twice a year, and involves correlating physical changes of the reproductive tract. (09 Oct 1997) |
| exoerythrocytic cycle | That nonpathogenic portion of the vertebrate phase of the life cycle of malarial organisms that takes place in liver cells, outside of the blood cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exogenous cycle | The portion of a parasitic life cycle occurring outside the host. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urea cycle | The metabolic pathway isfound in vertebrates and takes place in theliver, in it, urea is synthesised from amino acids and carbon dioxide. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Krebs cycle | <biochemistry> Tricarboxylic acid cycle or citric acid cycle. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Krebs-Henseleit cycle | The metabolic pathway isfound in vertebrates and takes place in theliver, in it, urea is synthesised from amino acids and carbon dioxide. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Krebs-Kornberg cycle | A catabolic cycle in plants and microorganisms like that of the tricarboxylic acid cycle in animals; its key reaction is the condensation of acetyl-CoA with glyoxylic acid to malic acid (analogous to the condensation of acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetic acid to form citric acid in the tricarboxylic acid cycle). Synonym: Krebs-Kornberg cycle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forced cycle | <cardiology, physiology> A cardiac cycle (atrial or ventricular) that is cut short by a forced beat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fuel cycle | The series of steps required to produce electricity. The fuel cycle includes mining or otherwise acquiring the raw fuel source, processing and cleaning the fuel, transport, electricity generation, waste management and plant decommissioning. (05 Dec 1998) |
| futile cycle | <biochemistry> Any seqence of enzyme catalysed reactions in which the forward and reverse processes (catalysed by different enzymes) are consititutively active. Frequently used to describe the cycle of phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of phosphatidyl inositol derivatives in cell membranes. (05 Jan 1998) |
| levelised life-cycle cost | The present value of the cost of a resource, including capital, financing and operating costs, expressed as a stream of equal annual payments. This stream of payments can be converted to a unit cost of energy by dividing the annual payment amount by the annual kilowatt-hours produced or saved. By levelizing costs, resources with different lifetimes and generating capabilities can be compared. (05 Dec 1998) |