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The definition of generation

8 Definitions of: generation

    1. noun, the act or process of bringing into being; production or reproduction, esp of offspring
    2. noun, a) a successive stage in natural descent of organisms: the time between when an organism comes into being and when it reproduces b) the individuals produced at each stage
    3. noun, the normal or average time between two such generations of a species: about 35 years for humans
    4. noun, a phase or form in the life cycle of a plant or animal characterized by a particular type of reproduction
    5. noun, all the people of approximately the same age, esp when considered as sharing certain attitudes, etc
    6. noun, production of electricity, heat, etc
    7. noun, physics a set of nuclei formed directly from a preceding set in a chain reaction
    8. noun, a) belonging to a generation specified as having been born in or as having parents, grandparents, etc, born in a given country b) belonging to a specified stage of development in manufacture, usually implying improvement
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Synonyms: time, peer group, age, period, era, days, lifetime, span, epoch
 

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