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generation

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Synonyms: veneration, feneration, igeneration, enervation, federation, generator, penetration, generative, regeneration, degeneration, temeration

Antonyms: veneration, feneration, igeneration, enervation, federation, generator, penetration, generative, regeneration, degeneration, temeration

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

  1. The act of [[creating]] something or bringing something into being; [[production]], [[creation]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
  2. The act of creating a living creature or [[organism]]; [[procreation]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
  3. {{lb|en|now|US|dialectal}} [[race|Race]], [[family]]; [[breed]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
  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. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
  5. {{lb|en|now|obsolete|Nigeria}} [[descendants|Descendants]], [[progeny]]; [[offspring]]. {{defdate|15th|19th c.}}
  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. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
  7. A set stage in the development of [[computing]] or of a specific [[technology]]. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
  8. {{lb|en|geometry}} 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.
  9. A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.
  10. A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.
  11. {{lb|en|television}} A copy of a [[recording]] made from an earlier copy.
  12. {{lb|en|cellular automata}} A single [[iteration]] of a [[cellular automaton]] rule on a [[pattern]].

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