transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌje-nə-ˈrā-shən ]
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 -shnəl, -shə-n ə l adjective
• gen·er·a·tion·al·ly -shnə-lē, shə-n ə l-ē adverb