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Generation

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

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the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

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the production of heat or electricity

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a coming into being

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

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the normal time between successive generations

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a stage of technological development or innovation

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Variants

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coevalscontemporariesgenesismultiplicationpropagation
plural
Generations
possessive
Generation's
pluralpossessive
Generations'