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| 1. | [ noun ] all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age | |
| Synonyms: | contemporaries coevals | |
| Related terms: | people peer_group youth_culture Beat_Generation | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (biology) group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent | |
| Related terms: | biological_group posterity baby_boom gen_x beget | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the normal time between successive generations | |
| Examples: | "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade" |
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| Related terms: | time_period | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (economics,business) the production of heat or electricity | |
| Examples: | "dams were built for the generation of electricity" |
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| Related terms: | production render | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a coming into being | |
| Synonyms: | genesis | |
| Related terms: | beginning generate | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a stage of technological development or innovation | |
| Examples: | "the third generation of computers" |
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| Related terms: | phase generate | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (biology,sexuality) the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production | |
| Synonyms: | propagation multiplication | |
| Related terms: | reproduction biogenesis beget breed reproduce propagate | |
| Similar spelling: |
generational generation_x generative generate generator |
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