generation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin generō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin generātiōbor. Old French generacionbor. ▲ Latin generātiōbor. Middle English generacioun English generation Inherited from Middle English generacioun, from Old French generacion, and its etymon Latin generātiō, from generāre (“to beget, generate”). By surface analysis, generate + -ion.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.
The generation of peat, when not completely under water, is confined to moist situations […]
1832, Charles Lyell, chapter XIII, in Principles of Geology […] , volume II, London: John Murray, page 210:
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(countable, uncountable) The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
Generation by Copulation (certainly) extendeth not to Plants.
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:So all things else, that nourish vitall blood, / Soone as with fury thou doest them inspire, / In generation seek to quench their inward fire.
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:According to that Cabaliſticall Dogma: If Abram had not had this Letter [i.e., ה (he)] added unto his Name he had remained fruitleſſe, and without the power of generation: […] So that being ſterill before, he received the power of generation from that meaſure and manſion in the Archetype; and was made conformable unto Binah.
1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter V.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 192:
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(US, countable, dialectal, uncountable) Race, family; breed.
Thy Mothers of my generation: what's she, if I be a Dogge?
c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
All generations and ages of the Christian church
[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):{{RQ:KJV|passage=This is the book of the generations of Adam|Genesis|5|1}
- (Nigeria, countable, obsolete, uncountable) Descendants, progeny; offspring.
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
Before the independence of India the books of Dr P. K. Yadav presented a fundamental challenge to the accepted ideas of race relations that, two generations later, will be true of the writings of the radical writers of the 1970s.
2008, Edgar Thorpe, Objective English:
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(countable, uncountable) A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.
The first-generation iPhone was released in June 2007 and was an instant blockbuster success.
2009, Paul Deital, Harvey Deital, Abbey Deital, iPhone for Programmers:
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
the generation of a line or curve
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(countable, uncountable) A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.
Generation X grew up in the eighties, whereas the generation known as the millennials grew up in the nineties.
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(countable, uncountable) A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.
People sometimes dispute which generation of Star Trek is best, including the original and The Next Generation.
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(countable, uncountable) A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy.
Each generation away from the original or master produces increased degradation in the image quality.
2002, Keith Jack, Vladimir Tsatsoulin, Dictionary of Video and Television Technology, page 131:With one-inch C format or half-inch Betacam used in the component mode, quality loss through additional generations is not such a problem. In this situation, it would be usual to make the necessary alterations while re-recording onto a third generation master […]
2014, K. G. Jackson, G. B. Townsend, TV & Video Engineer's Reference Book:
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(countable, uncountable) A single iteration of a cellular automaton rule on a pattern.
In B37/S23, it goes symmetrical after 10 ticks, and produces a familiar pair of B-heptominoes after 23 ticks (the next generation after this can be found in the rotor of a standard B3/S23 p46 oscillator):
2008 June 25, Dave Greene, “Life: B37/S23 - A Chaotic Universe.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):It runs for 17331 generations before stabilizing as 136 blinkers, 109 blocks, 65 beehives, 18 loaves, 18 boats, 7 ships, 4 tubs, 3 ponds, 2 toads, and 40 gliders.
1989 November 20, Dean Hickerson, “Life: glider gun origin”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):The glider is fast--it moves 2 cells every 3 generations. There is also a spinning thing (sixty degrees every 21 generations)
1999 June 15, hexatron, “A new hexagonal CA with a new glider”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| generations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
generation to generation · generation effect · World War II generation · intergeneration · generation loss · generationer · Windrush generation · first-generation · electrogeneration · once-in-a-generation · autogeneration · strawberry generation · overgeneration · multigeneration · congeneration · generational · Peter Pan generation · snowflake generation · organs of generation · 1.5 generation · next-generation · cogeneration · generation gap · hydrogeneration · intrageneration · aerogeneration · biogeneration · beat generation · next generation networking · intergenerational · greatest generation · generationwide · regeneration · second-generation · generation ship · undergeneration · second-harmonic generation · neogeneration · subgeneration · generationology · photogeneration · generation time · X generation · generationism · pregeneration · new-generation · cybergeneration · trigeneration
Hyponyms
Beat Generation · microgeneration · Nintendo generation · MTV generation · Generation X · Generation Jones · Stolen Generation · Spock generation · me generation · alternate generation · Silent Generation · equivocal generation · Facebook generation · MSN generation · next generation · spontaneous generation · lost generation · Generation Y · sandwich generation · Greatest Generation · Generation Z
Relateds
Translations (257)
es linaje (race, kind, family) · hi पुश्त (single step in the succession of natural descent) · gd ginealach (race, kind, family) · ca generació (single step in the succession of natural descent) · pt geração (single step in the succession of natural descent) · mn үүсэл (single step in the succession of natural descent) · el γενιά (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ko 세대 (single step in the succession of natural descent) · gd ginealach (single step in the succession of natural descent) · cmn 生成 (origination by some process; formation) · sh поколе́ње (single step in the succession of natural descent) · izh polvi (single step in the succession of natural descent) · sh генера́ција (single step in the succession of natural descent) · lt karta (single step in the succession of natural descent) · enm generacioun (group of people born in a specific range of years) · pl wytwarzanie (origination by some process; formation) · cmn 產生 /产生 (origination by some process; formation) · sk generovanie (origination by some process; formation) · cs pokolení (single step in the succession of natural descent) · kmr nifş (race, kind, family) · ug نەسىل (single step in the succession of natural descent) · cmn 代 (period of around thirty years) · ky муун (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ca generació (origination by some process; formation) · qu miray (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · gd linn (single step in the succession of natural descent) · es generación (single step in the succession of natural descent) · th คราว (single step in the succession of natural descent) · is kynslóð (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ee dzidzime (period of around thirty years) · hu nemzedék (single step in the succession of natural descent) · fi sukupolvi (single step in the succession of natural descent) · tl henerasyon (single step in the succession of natural descent) · nn generasjon (period of around thirty years) · sv generering (origination by some process; formation) · id generasi (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ota گوبك (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ru пото́мство (that which is generated or brought forth) · fo ættarliður (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ru формирова́ние (origination by some process; formation) · fy generaasje (origination by some process; formation) · arc ܕܪܐ (period of around thirty years) · ro generație (period of around thirty years) · mi whakatipuranga (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ru созда́ние (origination by some process; formation) · hy ստեղծում (origination by some process; formation) · kix vītāu (single step in the succession of natural descent) · sq gjeneratë (single step in the succession of natural descent) · eo generacio (group of people born in a specific range of years) · fi kehittäminen (origination by some process; formation) · ko 세대 (period of around thirty years) · es generación (origination by some process; formation) · wa djeneråcion (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ka ჩასახვა (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · sk generovanie (geometry) · ja 世代 (single step in the succession of natural descent) · sk generácia (single step in the succession of natural descent) · lo ຮຸ່ນ (single step in the succession of natural descent) · enm generacioun (origination by some process; formation) · hy սերունդ (single step in the succession of natural descent) · tl henerasyon (origination by some process; formation) · tl salinhay (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · gl xeración (race, kind, family) · ceb henerasyon (single step in the succession of natural descent) · fa-ira نَسْل (single step in the succession of natural descent) · wa djermêye (period of around thirty years) · th ปูน (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ur نَسْل (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ru род (race, kind, family) · ru поколе́ние (single step in the succession of natural descent) · so jiil (period of around thirty years) · cmn 生育 (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · cs generace (period of around thirty years) · sh pokoljénje (single step in the succession of natural descent) · chg نَسْل (single step in the succession of natural descent) · th เจเนอเรชัน (group of people born in a specific range of years) · tk nesil (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ceb kaliwatan (single step in the succession of natural descent) · th รุ่น (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ru зарожде́ние (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · gl xeración (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ca generació (period of around thirty years) · nn generasjon (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ug بوغۇن (single step in the succession of natural descent) · nl generatie (single step in the succession of natural descent) · cs generace (single step in the succession of natural descent) · cmn 形成 (origination by some process; formation) · lo ສ່ຳ (single step in the succession of natural descent) · hu emberöltő (period of around thirty years) · hy գեներացիա (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · et põlvkond (origination by some process; formation) · ur پِیڑھی (single step in the succession of natural descent) · be пакале́нне (single step in the succession of natural descent) · bg поколе́ние (single step in the succession of natural descent) · sl generacija (single step in the succession of natural descent) · cs generování (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · ro generare (origination by some process; formation) · hi पीढ़ी (single step in the succession of natural descent) · hy ծնունդ (origination by some process; formation) · sh покоље́ње (single step in the succession of natural descent) · cs produkce (origination by some process; formation) · ro generare (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · nb generasjon (period of around thirty years) · el γενιά (race, kind, family) · mk по́томство (that which is generated or brought forth) · gld дялан (period of around thirty years) · pdt Jennerazion (single step in the succession of natural descent) · cmn 生殖 (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · hu nemzés (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · bg поколе́ние (period of around thirty years) · mk созда́вање (origination by some process; formation) · sk množenie (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · ka ფორმირება (origination by some process; formation) · fi lisääntyminen (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · bg зара́ждане (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · ceb kaliwat (single step in the succession of natural descent) · gd ginealach (period of around thirty years) · be пакале́ньне (single step in the succession of natural descent) · es generación (period of around thirty years) · bho पीढ़ी (single step in the succession of natural descent) · gd glùn (race, kind, family) · mi whakapaparanga (single step in the succession of natural descent) · mi whakatupuranga (single step in the succession of natural descent) · mk род (race, kind, family) · mi whakareanga (single step in the succession of natural descent) · de Generation (single step in the succession of natural descent) · he דּוֹר (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ka თაობა (single step in the succession of natural descent) · nl generatie (origination by some process; formation) · fr génération (origination by some process; formation) · ar نَسْل (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ba быуын (single step in the succession of natural descent) · th โคตร (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ru генери́рование (origination by some process; formation) · pl wytwarzanie (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · ca generació (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · tl salinlahi (single step in the succession of natural descent) · pt geração (origination by some process; formation) · sh pokolénje (single step in the succession of natural descent) · pl pokolenie (single step in the succession of natural descent) · gd glùn (period of around thirty years) · fr création (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · ary جيل (period of around thirty years) · arc דָּרָא (single step in the succession of natural descent) · cmn 代 (single step in the succession of natural descent) · bg образу́ване (origination by some process; formation) · sk generácia (period of around thirty years) · uz avlod (single step in the succession of natural descent) · arc ܕܪܐ (single step in the succession of natural descent) · prs نَسْل (single step in the succession of natural descent) · hy ստեղծում (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · my မျိုးဆက် (single step in the succession of natural descent) · sw kizazi (single step in the succession of natural descent) · hu generáció (single step in the succession of natural descent) · et põlvkond (single step in the succession of natural descent) · hi नस्ल (single step in the succession of natural descent) · sk pokolenie (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ka შექმნა (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · uz nasl (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ja 世代 (period of around thirty years) · ar جِيل (period of around thirty years) · arc דָּרָא (period of around thirty years) · pl pokolenie (period of around thirty years) · ka გენერირება (origination by some process; formation) · pdt Jennerazion (period of around thirty years) · hy ծնում (origination by some process; formation) · ru поколе́ние (period of around thirty years) · tet jerasaun (single step in the succession of natural descent) · pt geração (period of around thirty years) · fr generation (race, kind, family) · tr nesil (single step in the succession of natural descent) · yi דור (single step in the succession of natural descent) · nb generasjon (single step in the succession of natural descent) · mk генера́ција (single step in the succession of natural descent) · gd linn (period of around thirty years) · sv skapelse (origination by some process; formation) · wa djermêye (single step in the succession of natural descent) · gd glùn (single step in the succession of natural descent) · lv paaudze (single step in the succession of natural descent) · wa djeneråcion (period of around thirty years) · sv generation (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ro generație (single step in the succession of natural descent) · tg насл (single step in the succession of natural descent) · cmn 生 (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · pl generowanie (origination by some process; formation) · tl salintao (period of around thirty years) · gl xeración (period of around thirty years) · mk поколе́ние (period of around thirty years) · fi tuottaminen (origination by some process; formation) · ru генера́ция (single step in the succession of natural descent) · uk поколі́ння (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ba быуын (period of around thirty years) · enm generacioun (single step in the succession of natural descent) · enm generacioun (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · nn generering (origination by some process; formation) · hu nemzedék (period of around thirty years) · mk поколе́ние (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ka შთამომავლობა (that which is generated or brought forth) · enm generacioun (race, kind, family) · de Geschlecht (single step in the succession of natural descent) · fr génération (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · fi jälkikasvu (that which is generated or brought forth) · as চাম (origination by some process; formation) · az nəsil (single step in the succession of natural descent) · az soy (race, kind, family) · ka გაჩენა (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · hi पीढ़ी (period of around thirty years) · fi jälkeläiset (that which is generated or brought forth) · hu generáció (period of around thirty years) · bg създа́ване (origination by some process; formation) · cmn 輩 /辈 (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ru созда́ние (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · gl xeración (origination by some process; formation) · it generazione (origination by some process; formation) · sh generácija (single step in the succession of natural descent) · vi thế hệ (single step in the succession of natural descent) · fr génération (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ar جِيل (single step in the succession of natural descent) · pl generacja (single step in the succession of natural descent) · kmr nifş (period of around thirty years) · ro procreare (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · kmr nesl (single step in the succession of natural descent) · pt geração (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · cmn 世代 (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ka მოდგმა (race, kind, family) · gl xeración (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · ee dzidzime (single step in the succession of natural descent) · fo ættarlið (single step in the succession of natural descent) · km ញាតិ (single step in the succession of natural descent) · es generación (race, kind, family) · mi reanga (single step in the succession of natural descent) · cs generování (origination by some process; formation) · fi sukupolvi (period of around thirty years) · wa ahivaedje (origination by some process; formation) · kk ұрпақ (single step in the succession of natural descent) · da generation (single step in the succession of natural descent) · wa fôrmaedje (origination by some process; formation) · hy ծնում (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · sv generation (period of around thirty years) · mnc ᠵᠠᠯᠠᠨ (period of around thirty years) · ka თაობა (period of around thirty years) · nb generering (origination by some process; formation) · yi דור (period of around thirty years) · km ជំនាន់ (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ka შექმნა (origination by some process; formation) · da slægtled (single step in the succession of natural descent) · pt linhagem (race, kind, family) · bcl kapag-araki (act of generating or begetting; procreation) · ota نسل (single step in the succession of natural descent) · ps نسل (single step in the succession of natural descent) · he דּוֹר (period of around thirty years) · tl salinlahi (race, kind, family) · gd linn (race, kind, family) · fi suku (race, kind, family) · grc γενεά (single step in the succession of natural descent) · gu પેઢી (single step in the succession of natural descent) · tet jerasaun (period of around thirty years)