Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - generation
Generation
generation
n. 1 all the people born at a particular time, regarded collectively (my generation; the rising generation). 2 a single step in descent or pedigree (have known them for three generations). 3 a stage in (esp. technological) development (fourth-generation computers). 4 the average time in which children are ready to take the place of their parents (usu. reckoned at about 30 years). 5 production by natural or artificial process, esp. the production of electricity or heat. 6 a procreation; the propagation of species. b the act of begetting or being begotten. Phrases and idioms generation gap differences of outlook or opinion between those of different generations. Derivatives generational adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L generatio -onis (as GENERATE)
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noun Date: 14th century 1. a body of living beings constituting a single step in the line of descent from an ancestor, a group of individuals born and living contemporaneously, a group of individuals having contemporaneously a status (as that of students in a school) which each one holds only for a limited period, a type or class of objects usually developed from an earlier type , 2. the action or process of producing offspring ; procreation, the process of coming or bringing into being , origination by a generating process ; production, the average span of time between the birth of parents and that of their offspring, ~al adjective ~ally adverb ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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