generation as in all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
Synonyms
- coevalsall the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
- contemporariesall the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
generation as in group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
generation as in the normal time between successive generations
- "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
generation as in a stage of technological development or innovation
- "the third generation of computers"
generation as in a coming into being
Synonyms
- genesisa coming into being ; the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation
generation as in the production of heat or electricity
- "dams were built for the generation of electricity"
generation as in the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
Synonyms
- multiplicationthe act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production ; a multiplicative increase; an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division
- propagationthe spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions ; the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production ; the movement of a wave through a medium