GENERATION
Scrabble letter values: G2E1N1E1R1A1T1I1O1N1 = 11
Definition
- noun all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age. — synonyms: coevals, contemporaries
- noun group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent.
- noun the normal time between successive generations.
- noun a stage of technological development or innovation.
- noun a coming into being. — synonyms: genesis
- noun the production of heat or electricity.
- noun the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production. — synonyms: multiplication, propagation
Examples
- “they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade”
- “the third generation of computers”
- “dams were built for the generation of electricity”