the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time

the postwar generation.

the term of years, roughly 30 among human beings, accepted as the average period between the birth of parents and the birth of their offspring.

a group of individuals, most of whom are the same approximate age, having similar ideas, problems, attitudes, etc. Compare Beat Generation , Lost Generation .

a group of individuals belonging to a specific category at the same time

Chaplin belonged to the generation of silent-screen stars.

a single step in natural descent, as of human beings, animals, or plants.

a form, type, class, etc., of objects existing at the same time and having many similarities or developed from a common model or ancestor

a new generation of computers.

the offspring of a certain parent or couple, considered as a step in natural descent.

the act or process of generating; procreation.

the state of being generated.

production by natural or artificial processes; evolution, as of heat or sound.

Biology .

one complete life cycle.

one of the alternate phases that complete a life cycle having more than one phase

the gametophyte generation.

Mathematics . the production of a geometrical figure by the motion of another figure.

Physics . one of the successive sets of nuclei produced in a chain reaction.

(in duplicating processes, as photocopying, film, etc.) the distance in duplicating steps that a copy is from the original work.

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