Definition of Generation

Noun: generation ,je-nu'rey-shun

All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
- coevals, contemporaries
Group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
The normal time between successive generations
"they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
A stage of technological development or innovation
"the third generation of computers"
A coming into being
- genesis
The production of heat or electricity
"dams were built for the generation of electricity"
The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
- multiplication, propagation