1. • noun - all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
   • noun - group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
   • noun - the normal time between successive generations
   • noun - a stage of technological development or innovation
   • noun - a coming into being
   • noun - the production of heat or electricity
   • noun - the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
2. • All of the offspring that are at the same stage of descent from a common ancestor: Mother and daughters represent two generations.
   • A form or stage in the life cycle of an organism: asexual generation of a fern.
   • The average interval of time between the birth of parents and the birth of their offspring.
   • A group of individuals born and living about the same time.
   • A group of generally contemporaneous individuals regarded as having common cultural or social characteristics and attitudes: “They’re the television generation” (Roger Enrico).
   • A period of sequential technological development and innovation.
   • A class of objects derived from a preceding class: a new generation of computers.
   • The act or process of generating; origination, production, or procreation.

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