generations

/ˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃənz/

IPA: /JH EH0 N ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N Z/

noun

1
The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation.
2
The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
3
Race, family; breed.
4
A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
“This is the book of the generations of Adam - Genesis 5:1”
5
Descendants, progeny; offspring.
6
The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.
7
A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.
8
The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
“the generation of a line or curve”
9
A specific age range whose members can relate culturally to one another.
“Generation X grew up in the eighties, whereas the generation known as the millennials grew up in the nineties.”
10
A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.
“People sometimes dispute which generation of Star Trek is best, including the original and The Next Generation.”
11
A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy and thus further degraded in quality.

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