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generation::noun | Spocien Dictionary

generation

/,dʒɛnə'reɪʃən/

a coming into being

Type	Words
Synonyms	genesis
Type of	beginning
Derivation	generate

generation::noun | Spocien Dictionary

generation

/,dʒɛnə'reɪʃən/

the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

Type	Words
Synonyms	multiplication, propagation
Type of	facts of life, reproduction, breeding, procreation
Has types	biogeny, biogenesis
Derivation	generate

generation::noun | Spocien Dictionary

generation

/,dʒɛnə'reɪʃən/

all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

Type	Words
Synonyms	coevals, contemporaries
Type of	people
Has types	youth culture, peer group
Derivation	generational

generation::noun | Spocien Dictionary

generation

/,dʒɛnə'reɪʃən/

a stage of technological development or innovation

Type	Words
Type of	phase, stage
Derivation	generational, generate

the third generation of computers.

generation::noun | Spocien Dictionary

generation

/,dʒɛnə'reɪʃən/

group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

Type	Words
Type of	biological group
Has types	baby-boom generation, baby boom, posterity, gen x, generation x
Derivation	generate, generational

generation::noun | Spocien Dictionary

generation

/,dʒɛnə'reɪʃən/

the normal time between successive generations

Type	Words
Type of	period of time, period, time period

they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade.

generation::noun | Spocien Dictionary

generation

/,dʒɛnə'reɪʃən/

the production of heat or electricity

Type	Words
Type of	production
Derivation	generate

dams were built for the generation of electricity.