Online English Dictionary

1. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

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

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

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