generation

英[dʒenə'reɪʃ(ə)n] 美['dʒɛnə'reʃən]

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

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

3. the normal time between successive generations;

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

4. a stage of technological development or innovation;

"the third generation of computers"

5. a coming into being

6. the production of heat or electricity;

"dams were built for the generation of electricity"

7. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production