generation

noun

1. 1

   The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation.

2. 2

   The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.

3. 3

   Race, family; breed.

4. 4

   A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.

   “This is the book of the generations of Adam - Genesis 5:1”

5. 5

   Descendants, progeny; offspring.

6. 6

   The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.

7. 7

   A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.

8. 8

   The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.

   “the generation of a line or curve”

9. 9

   A specific age range whose members can relate culturally to one another.

   “Generation X grew up in the eighties, whereas the generation known as the millennials grew up in the nineties.”

10. 10

    A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.

    “People sometimes dispute which generation of Star Trek is best, including the original and The Next Generation.”

11. 11

    A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy and thus further degraded in quality.