generation (redirected from direct generation)

gen·er·a·tion  (jn-rshn)

n.

1. All of the offspring that are at the same stage of descent from a common ancestor: Mother and daughters represent two generations.

2. Biology A form or stage in the life cycle of an organism: asexual generation of a fern.

3. The average interval of time between the birth of parents and the birth of their offspring.

4.

a. A group of individuals born and living about the same time.

b. A group of generally contemporaneous individuals regarded as having common cultural or social characteristics and attitudes: "They're the television generation" (Roger Enrico).

5.

a. A stage or period of sequential technological development and innovation.

b. A class of objects derived from a preceding class: a new generation of computers.

6. The formation of a line or geometric figure by the movement of a point or line.

7. The act or process of generating; origination, production, or procreation.

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gener·ation·al adj.

gener·ation·al·ly adv.

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generation

Noun

1. all the people of approximately the same age: the younger generation

2. a successive stage in descent of people or animals: passed on from generation to generation

3. the average time between two generations of a species, about 35 years for humans: an alliance which has lasted a generation

4. a specified stage of development: the next generation of fighter aircraft

5. production, esp. of electricity or heat

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generation  (jn-rshn)

1.

a. All of the offspring that are at the same stage of descent from a common ancestor.

b. The average interval of time between the birth of parents and the birth of their offspring.

2. A form or stage in the life cycle of an organism. See more at alternation of generations.

3. The formation of a line or geometric figure by the movement of a point or line.

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Generation all of the individuals born at about the same time, 1340; a race; family, offspring, or descendants.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	generation - all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age coevals, contemporaries people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" youth culture - young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture peer group - contemporaries of the same status
	2.	generation - group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent biological group - a group of plants or animals posterity - all future generations baby boom, baby-boom generation - the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II gen X, generation X - the generation following the baby boom (especially Americans and Canadians born in the 1960s and 1970s)
	3.	generation - the normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade" period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
	4.	generation - a stage of technological development or innovation; "the third generation of computers" phase, stage - any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
	5.	generation - a coming into being                   genesis beginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"
	6.	generation - the production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for the generation of electricity" production - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production"
	7.	generation - the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production multiplication, propagation facts of life, procreation, reproduction, breeding - the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring biogeny, biogenesis - the production of living organisms from other living organisms

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generation

noun 1. age group, peer group

noun 2. age, period, era, time, days, lifetime, span, epoch

Translations

generation [dʒɛnəˈreɪʃən] n [of electricity etc] → generación f

generation [dʒɛnəˈreɪʃən] n → génération f [of electricity etc]; production f

generation [dʒɛnəˈreɪʃən] generate n → Generation f;

(of electricity etc) → Erzeugung f

generation [dʒɛnəˈreɪʃən] n → generazione f [of electricity etc] → produzione f