generation

Words with a similar base: generation

'generation'

[coevals.n.01] as in: all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

'generation'

[generation.n.02] as in: group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

'generation'

[generation.n.03] as in: the normal time between successive generations

Examples:
they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade

'generation'

[generation.n.04] as in: a stage of technological development or innovation

Examples:
the third generation of computers

'generation'

[genesis.n.01] as in: a coming into being

'generation'

[generation.n.06] as in: the production of heat or electricity

Examples:
dams were built for the generation of electricity

'generation'

[generation.n.07] as in: the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

Origins

					generation (English)
└── generacioun (English)
    └── generacion (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── generatio (Latin)
            └── generare (Latin)

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