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English to English noun
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all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age |  | source: wordnet30
| 2 |
group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent | | source: wordnet30
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the normal time between successive generations | | Example: they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade
source: wordnet30
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a stage of technological development or innovation | | Example: the third generation of computers
source: wordnet30
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a coming into being | | source: wordnet30
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the production of heat or electricity | | Example: dams were built for the generation of electricity
source: wordnet30
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the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production | | source: wordnet30
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The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals. | | source: webster1913
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