GENERATION


Meaning of GENERATION in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.