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GENERATION

Definition:

[noun] all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
Synonyms: coevals, contemporaries
[noun] group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
[noun] the normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
[noun] a stage of technological development or innovation; "the third generation of computers"
[noun] a coming into being
Synonyms: genesis
[noun] the production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for the generation of electricity"
[noun] the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
Synonyms: multiplication, propagation