Generation
noun,dʒɛnə'reɪʃən
Noun
a stage of technological development or innovation
“the third generation of computers”
Type of:PhaseStagethe normal time between successive generations
“they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade”
Type of:Periodthe production of heat or electricity
“dams were built for the generation of electricity”
Type of:Productiona coming into being
Similar:GenesisType of:Beginningthe act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
Type of:ReproductionBreedingProcreationall the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
Similar:CoevalsContemporariesType of:Peoplegroup of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
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Similar Words
- Genesis
- Multiplication
- Propagation
- Coevals
- Contemporaries
- Generate
- Generational