[1] This implies that successive cycles grow longer and larger. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
As the bloated star ages, this extended outer atmosphere cools and contracts, then soaks up more energy from the star and again puffs out: with each successive cycle of expansion and contraction the atmosphere puffs out a little farther. (discovermagazine.com)
And as it's done with each successive cycle — it grew from sub-compact to compact with the seventh generation in 1993 — the 2014 Corolla has gotten bigger. (autoweek.com)