generation

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

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

the normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"

a stage of technological development or innovation; "the third generation of computers"

a coming into being

the production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for the generation of electricity"

the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production