coevals, contemporaries, generation (noun)

all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

generation (noun)

group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

generation (noun)

the normal time between successive generations

"they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"

generation (noun)

a stage of technological development or innovation

"the third generation of computers"

genesis, generation (noun)

a coming into being

generation (noun)

the production of heat or electricity

"dams were built for the generation of electricity"

generation, multiplication, propagation (noun)

the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

generation (Noun)

The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.

generation (Noun)

Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc

generation (Noun)

That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspring.

generation (Noun)

A period of around thirty years, the average amount of time before a child takes the place of its parents.

generation (Noun)

A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy, or collectively the body of people who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one time.

generation (Noun)

Race; kind; family; breed; stock.

generation (Noun)

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 (Noun)

The aggregate of the functions and phenomena which attend reproduction.

Generation

Generation, also known as biogenesis, reproduction, or procreation in biological sciences, is the act of producing offspring. In kinship terminology, it is a structural term designating the parent-child relationship. The term is also often used synonymously with cohort in social science, even though some researchers believe that this usage is misleading; under this formulation the term means "people within a delineated population who experience the same significant events within a given period of time." Generation in this sense of birth cohort, also known as a "social generation," is widely used in popular culture, and has been the basis for much social analysis. Serious analysis of generations began in the century, emerging from an increasing awareness of the possibility of permanent social change and the idea of youthful rebellion against the established social order. Some analysts believe that a generation is one of the fundamental social categories in a society, while others view its importance as being overshadowed by other factors such as class, gender, race, education and so on.