Definition of generation Generation

/ʤɛˌnɚejˈʃʌn/ - [jenereyshun] - gen•er•a•tion

We found 25 definitions of generation from 6 different sources.

What does generation mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: generations
generation - the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
		multiplication, propagation
		facts of life, procreation, breeding, reproduction the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
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 generation, baby boom the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II
generation - the production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for the generation of electricity"
		production (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law; "the appellate court demanded the production of all documents"
generation - a stage of technological development or innovation; "the third generation of computers"
		phase, stage (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun); "the full phase of the moon"
generation - the normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
generation - all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
		coevals, contemporaries
		people members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"
		youth culture young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture
generation - a coming into being
		genesis
		beginning the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"

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Wiktionary

generation (Noun)
The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation.
generation (Noun)
The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
generation (Noun)
A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
generation (Noun)
The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.
generation (Noun)
A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.
generation (Noun)
The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

generation (n.)
The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.
generation (n.)
Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc.
generation (n.)
That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspiring.
generation (n.)
A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period; also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a century; an age.
generation (n.)
Race; kind; family; breed; stock.
generation (n.)
The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
generation (n.)
The aggregate of the functions and phenomene which attend reproduction.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

generation
The production or creation of something.
generation
A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent.
generation
All of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively.

Wikipedia

A generation is often to mean the average amount of time between the birth of parents and the birth of their children. It is also used to mean all the people on one level of a family tree. For example, your brothers, sisters and cousins are in the same generation as you.