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Generation
Generation
n.
The
act
of
generating
or
begetting
;
procreation
, as of
animals
.
Generation
n.
Origination
by
some
process
,
mathematical
,
chemical
, or
vital
;
production
;
formation
; as,
the
generation
of
sounds
, of
gases
, of
curves
,
etc
.
Generation
n.
That
which
is
generated
or
brought
forth
;
progeny
;
offspiring
.
Generation
n.
A
single
step
or
stage
in
the
succession
of
natural
descent
; a
rank
or
remove
in
genealogy
.
Hence
:
The
body
of
those
who
are
of
the
same
genealogical
rank
or
remove
from
an
ancestor
;
the
mass
of
beings
living
at
one
period
;
also
,
the
average
lifetime
of
man
, or
the
ordinary
period
of
time
at
which
one
rank
follows
another
, or
father
is
succeeded
by
child
,
usually
assumed
to be
one
third
of a
century
; an
age
.
Generation
n.
Race
;
kind
;
family
;
breed
;
stock
.
Generation
n.
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
; as,
the
generation
of a
line
or
curve
by
the
motion
of a
point
, of a
surface
by a
line
, a
sphere
by a
semicircle
,
etc
.
Generation
n.
The
aggregate
of
the
functions
and
phenomene
which
attend
reproduction
.
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