Noun Definition

generation

1.Definition: a coming into being

Related Noun(s):genesis

Category: General

2.Definition: a stage of technological development or innovation

"The third generation of computers"

Category: General

3.Definition: all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

Related Noun(s):coevals, contemporaries

Category: General

4.Definition: group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

Category: General

5.Definition: the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

Related Noun(s):multiplication, propagation

Category: General

6.Definition: the normal time between successive generations

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

Category: General

7.Definition: the production of heat or electricity

"Dams were built for the generation of electricity"

Category: General