Noun
1. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
2. group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
3. the normal time between successive generations;
"they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"4. a stage of technological development or innovation;
"the third generation of computers"5. a coming into being
6. the production of heat or electricity;
"dams were built for the generation of electricity"7. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production