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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 [ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the act or process of bringing into being; production or reproduction, esp of offspring

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics)

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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the normal or average time between two such generations of a species: about 35 years for humans

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a phase or form in the life cycle of a plant or animal characterized by a particular type of reproduction the gametophyte generation

5. all the people of approximately the same age, esp when considered as sharing certain attitudes, etc.

6. (Physics / General Physics) production of electricity, heat, etc.

7. (Physics / General Physics) Physics a set of nuclei formed directly from a preceding set in a chain reaction

8. (modifier, in combination)

a.  belonging to a generation specified as having been born in or as having parents, grandparents, etc., born in a given country a third-generation American

b.  belonging to a specified stage of development in manufacture, usually implying improvement a second-generation computer

generational  adj

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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 He's the leading American playwright of his generation.

2. age, period, era, time, days, lifetime, span, epoch Within a generation, flight has become popular with many travellers.

3. range, class, series, type, wave, variety, crop, batch a new generation of computers

4. production, manufacture, manufacturing, creation, formation, origination They have announced plans for a sharp rise in nuclear power generation.

Translations

generation [ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃən]

A. N

1. (= act) → generación f

2. (= group of people) → generación f
the younger generation → la nueva generación
the older generation → los mayores
first/second/third/fourth generation (Comput) → de primera/segunda/tercera/cuarta generación

B. CPD the generation gap N → la brecha entre las generaciones

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generation [ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃ^ən] n

(= age group) → génération f
the younger generation → la nouvelle génération
a generation of children → une génération d'enfants
the present generation → la génération actuelle

[electricity] → production f

[income] → production f

[computers, phones] → génération f

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generation

n

(lit, fig) → Generation f; within a generation → in einer Generation

(= act of generating) → Erzeugung f; (of jobs) → Schaffung f

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generation [ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃ/ən] n

a. (age group) → generazione f
the younger/older generation → la nuova/vecchia generazione
the generation gap → il gap m inv generazionale

b. (of electricity) → produzione f

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generation [ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃ/ən] n

a. (age group) → generazione f
the younger/older generation → la nuova/vecchia generazione
the generation gap → il gap m inv generazionale

b. (of electricity) → produzione f

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generation → جيل generace generation Generation γενιά generación sukupolvi génération generacija generazione 世代 세대 generatie generasjon pokolenie geração поколение generation ชั่วอายุคน kuşak thế hệ 一代