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generation
  1. The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation. [from 14th c.]
  2. The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation. [from 14th c.]
  3. (now US regional) Race, family; breed. [from 14th c.]
  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. [from 14th c.]
  5. (obsolete) Descendants, progeny; offspring. [15th-19th c.]
  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. [from 17th c.]
  7. A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology. [from 20th c.]
  8. (geometry) 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.
  9. A specific age range in which each person in that range can relate culturally to one another.
  10. A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.
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  12. Examples:
    1. “Josh grew up in a generation when everything had its place.”
      “It launched the careers of a new generation of Irish dancers.”
      “People are living ten years more on average than a generation ago.”
generator
  1. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
    1. (chemistry) An apparatus in which vapour or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or chemical process, as a steam boiler, gas retort etc.
    2. (music) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone.
    3. (mathematics) An element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group: one of the elements from which the others can be inferred with the given relators.
    4. (geometry) One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces.
    5. (programming) A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters will generate multiple output values on request.
  2. A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
    1. Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Then the combustion products are released through the turbine to produce mechanical work, which is then converted to electricity using an electrical generator.”
      “Ephraim is considered the generator of modern German literature of the 18th century.”
      “However, it would be possible to install a standby generator, which would ensure power in the event of a failure of the mains supply.”
generant
  1. That which generates.
  2. (geometry) A generatrix.
generatrix
  1. (geometry) A curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure
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  3. Examples:
    1. “During typical cone rolling, the plate pivots so that the actual bending takes place along the generatrix.”
      “The techniques for design of surfaces of dependent cross-sections with closed generatrix are present also.”
      “The generatrix of a cone is assumed to be infinite in length, extending in both directions from the vertex.”
generationer
  1. (in combination) A member of a specified generation.
generability
  1. Capability of being generated.
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generatability
  1. Capability of being generated.
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generable
  1. Something that can be generated.
generationers
  1. plural of generationer
generations
  1. plural of generation
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He was the last high priest of this whare wananga, which had been established some 12 to 13 generations earlier by his ancestor Hingangaroa.”
      “Her husband's family had been farmers on this part of the Chilterns for a couple of generations and the pub abutted their land.”
      “Subtle concern of the possible dangers still stays with our family through four generations of railroaders.”
generatrices
  1. plural of generatrix
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Moreover, the variation of the surface roughness depending on the length mechanized and the generatrices, it does not present significant variations.”
generatrixes
generators
  1. plural of generator
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Kerosene is also used as a fuel for tractors and power generators and as a solvent for garden chemicals such as weedkillers and insecticides.”
      “Without a break from generators, a bailout wouldn't fly politically, since ratepayers would foot the bill.”
      “The nascent renewables industry is warning that the delay could put some generators out of business.”
generables
  1. plural of generable
generants
  1. plural of generant
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