Generation - Definition
generation
n 1: all the people living at the same time or of approximately
the same age [syn: coevals, contemporaries,
generation]
2: group of genetically related organisms constituting a single
step in the line of descent
3: the normal time between successive generations; "they had to
wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
4: a stage of technological development or innovation; "the
third generation of computers"
5: a coming into being [syn: genesis, generation]
6: the production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for
the generation of electricity"
7: the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such
production [syn: generation, multiplication,
propagation]