Generation
Related Definitions
[n] the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
[n] the production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for the generation of electricity"
[n] a coming into being
[n] group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
[n] all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
[n] a stage of technological development or innovation; "the third generation of computers"
[n] the normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
Related Terms
abiogenesis, aeon, age, age group, annus magnus, archigenesis, authorship, begetting, beginning, biogenesis, birth, blastogenesis, breeding, coinage, conception, concoction, contrivance, contriving, creation, creative effort, crop, crossbreeding, cycle, c