As stated above, the product life cycle consists of four stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. Figure A illustrates the product life cycle. Determination of a product's stage in its life cycle is not based on age, but on the relationship of sales, costs, profits, and number of competitors.
Proclaim is defined as to announce or declare. An example of to proclaim is to announce that a fight is over. 1  to announce officially; announce to be.
Provocation is a set of events that might be adequate to cause a reasonable to lose self control, whereby a criminal act is less morally culpable than a premeditated act done out of pure malice (malice aforethought). It affects the quality of the actor's state of mind as an indicator of moral blameworthiness.