-
the
production
of
heat
or
electricity; "
dams
were
built
for
the
generation
of
electricity"
-
group
of
genetically
related
organisms
constituting
a
single
step
in
the
line
of
descent
-
a
stage
of
technological
development
or
innovation; "
the
third
generation
of
computers"
-
The
act
of
generating
or
begetting;
procreation,
as
of
animals.
-
Origination
by
some
process,
mathematical,
chemical,
or
vital;
production;
formation;
as,
the
generation
of
sounds,
of
gases,
of
curves,
etc.
-
That
which
is
generated
or
brought
forth;
progeny;
offspiring.
-
A
single
step
or
stage
in
the
succession
of
natural
descent;
a
rank
or
remove
in
genealogy.
Hence:
The
body
of
those
who
are
of
the
same
genealogical
rank
or
remove
from
an
ancestor;
the
mass
of
beings
living
at
one
period;
also,
the
average
lifetime
of
man,
or
the
ordinary
period
of
time
at
which
one
rank
follows
another,
or
father
is
succeeded
by
child,
usually
assumed
to
be
one
third
of
a
century;
an
age.
-
Race;
kind;
family;
breed;
stock.
-
The
aggregate
of
the
functions
and
phenomene
which
attend
reproduction.
-
A
producing
or
originating:
that
which
is
generated:
a
single
stage
in
natural
descent:
the
people
of
the
same
age
or
period:
race:-
pl. (
B.)
genealogy,
history.
-
Act
of
producing;
people
of
one
period;
race
or
family.
-
The
act
of
generating;
reproduction;
origination.
-
A
step
in
descent;
the
individuals
existing
at
one
time,
or
their
average
lifetime.
-
Race;
progeny.
-
The
act
of
generating;
production;
a
single
succession
in
natural
descent,
as
the
children
of
the
same
parents;
an
age;
the
people
living
at
the
same
time;
a
series
of
descendants
from
the
same
stock;
a
race;
offspring.
Spontaneous
generation,
the
presumed
production
of
a
plant
or
an
animal
without
derivation
from
a
parent.
-
Production;
formation;
an
age;
people
of
the
same
period;
a
family;
a
race.
-
Production;
formation;
the
individuals
of
a
species
equally
remote
from
a
common
ancestor, -
see
alternation
of
generations.
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