generation
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noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.
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(countable, uncountable)The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
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(US, countable, dialectal, uncountable)(now US, dialectal) Race, family; breed.
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(countable, uncountable)A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
This is the book of the generations of Adam - Genesis 5:1
Ye shall remain there [in Babylon] many years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations - Baruch 6:3
All generations and ages of the Christian church - Richard Hooker
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(Nigeria, countable, obsolete, uncountable)(now obsolete, Nigeria) Descendants, progeny; offspring.
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(countable, uncountable)The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.
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(countable, uncountable)A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.
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(countable, uncountable)(geometry) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
the generation of a line or curve
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(countable, uncountable)A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.
Generation X grew up in the eighties, whereas the generation known as the millennials grew up in the nineties.
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(countable, uncountable)A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.
People sometimes dispute which generation of Star Trek is best, including the original and The Next Generation.
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(countable, uncountable)(television) A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy.
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(countable, uncountable)(cellular automata) A single iteration of a cellular automaton rule on a pattern.
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Middle English generacioun, from Old French generacion, and its etymon Latin generātiō, from generāre (to beget, generate). generate.