n.
Pronunciation: ˌ je-n ə - ' r ā -sh ə n
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 a : a body of living beings constituting a single step in the line of descent from an ancestor b : a group of individuals born and living contemporaneously c : a group of individuals having contemporaneously a status (as that of students in a school) which each one holds only for a limited period d : a type or class of objects usually developed from an earlier type <first of the ⋯ new generation of powerful supersonic fighters ― Kenneth Koyen>
2 a : the action or process of producing offspring : PROCREATION b : the process of coming or bringing into being < generation of income> c : origination by a generating process : PRODUCTION especially : formation of a geometric figure by motion of another
3 : the average span of time between the birth of parents and that of their offspring
– gen · er · a · tion · al \ -shn ə l, -sh ə -n ə l \ adjective
– gen · er · a · tion · al · ly \ -shn ə -l ē , sh ə -n ə l- ē \ adverb