noun (n)

• all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age(noun.group)

  Synonym:
  coevals, contemporaries
  

  source: wordnet30
• group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent(noun.group)

  source: wordnet30
• the normal time between successive generations(noun.time)

  Example:
  They had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a stage of technological development or innovation(noun.time)

  Example:
  The third generation of computers.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a coming into being(noun.event)

  Synonym:
  genesis
  

  source: wordnet30
• the production of heat or electricity(noun.act)

  Example:
  Dams were built for the generation of electricity.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  multiplication, propagation
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.(noun)

  source: webster1913