GENERATION

• (noun) the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

  synonyms : multiplication , propagation

• (noun) the production of heat or electricity

  "dams were built for the generation of electricity"

• (noun) a coming into being

  synonyms : genesis

• (noun) group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

• (noun) all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

  synonyms : coevals , contemporaries

• (noun) the normal time between successive generations

  "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"

• (noun) a stage of technological development or innovation

  "the third generation of computers"

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