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