generation
See also: Generation and génération
English
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle English generacioun, from Anglo-Norman generacioun, Middle French generacion, and their source, Latin generātiō, from generāre (“to beget, generate”). Compare generate.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: gen‧er‧a‧tion
Noun
editgeneration (countable and uncountable, plural generations)
- The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation. [from 14th c.]
- 1832, Charles Lyell, chapter XIII, in Principles of Geology […] , volume II, London: John Murray, page 210:
- The generation of peat, when not completely under water, is confined to moist situations […]
- The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation. [from 14th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- So all things else, that nourish vitall blood, / Soone as with fury thou doest them inspire, / In generation seek to quench their inward fire.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- Generation by Copulation (certainly) extendeth not to Plants.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter V.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 192:
- According to that Cabaliſticall Dogma: If Abram had not had this Letter [i.e., ה (he)] added unto his Name he had remained fruitleſſe, and without the power of generation: […] So that being ſterill before, he received the power of generation from that meaſure and manſion in the Archetype; and was made conformable unto Binah.
- (now US, dialectal) Race, family; breed. [from 14th c.]
- c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- Thy Mothers of my generation: what's she, if I be a Dogge?
- 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.]
- This is the book of the generations of Adam - Genesis 5:1
- Ye shall remain there [in Babylon] many years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations - Baruch 6:3
- All generations and ages of the Christian church - Richard Hooker
- (obsolete) Descendants, progeny; offspring. [15th–19th c.]
- 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.]
- 2008, Edgar Thorpe, Objective English:
- Before the independence of India the books of Dr P. K. Yadav presented a fundamental challenge to the accepted ideas of race relations that, two generations later, will be true of the writings of the radical writers of the 1970s.
- A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology. [from 20th c.]
- 2009, Paul Deital, Harvey Deital, Abbey Deital, iPhone for Programmers:
- The first-generation iPhone was released in June 2007 and was an instant blockbuster success.
- (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.
- the generation of a line or curve
- A group of people born in a specific range of years and 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.
- 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.
- (television) A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy.
- 2014, K. G. Jackson, G. B. Townsend, TV & Video Engineer's Reference Book:
- With one-inch C format or half-inch Betacam used in the component mode, quality loss through additional generations is not such a problem. In this situation, it would be usual to make the necessary alterations while re-recording onto a third generation master […]
- 2002, Keith Jack, Vladimir Tsatsoulin, Dictionary of Video and Television Technology, page 131:
- Each generation away from the original or master produces increased degradation in the image quality.
- (cellular automata) A single iteration of a cellular automaton rule on a pattern.
- 2008 June 25, Dave Greene, “Life: B37/S23 - A Chaotic Universe.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata[3] (Usenet):
- In B37/S23, it goes symmetrical after 10 ticks, and produces a familiar pair of B-heptominoes after 23 ticks (the next generation after this can be found in the rotor of a standard B3/S23 p46 oscillator):
Hyponyms
edit- alternate generation
- Beat Generation
- Facebook generation
- Generation Jones
- Generation X
- Generation Y
- Generation Z
- Greatest Generation
- lost generation
- me generation
- microgeneration
- MSN generation
- MTV generation
- next generation
- Nintendo generation
- sandwich generation
- Silent Generation
- spontaneous generation
- Stolen Generation
Derived terms
edit- aerogeneration
- autogeneration
- beat generation
- biogeneration
- cogeneration
- congeneration
- cybergeneration
- electrogeneration
- first-generation
- generational
- generation effect
- generationer
- generation gap
- generationism
- generation loss
- generationology
- generation ship
- generation time
- generationwide
- greatest generation
- hydrogeneration
- intergeneration
- intrageneration
- multigeneration
- neogeneration
- next generation networking
- organs of generation
- overgeneration
- Peter Pan generation
- photogeneration
- pregeneration
- regeneration
- second-generation
- second-harmonic generation
- snowflake generation
- strawberry generation
- subgeneration
- trigeneration
- undergeneration
- Windrush generation
- World War II generation
- X generation
Related terms
editTranslations
editorigination by some process; formation
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act of generating or begetting; procreation
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that which is generated or brought forth
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period of around thirty years
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single step in the succession of natural descent
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race, kind, family
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geometry
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Further reading
edit- “generation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “generation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- "generation" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 140.
Anagrams
editDanish
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From English, French, Latin, or other?”)
Noun
editgeneration c (singular definite generationen, plural indefinite generationer)
- generation (organisms or devices born or designed at the same time)
Declension
editDeclension of generation
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | generation | generationen | generationer | generationerne |
genitive | generations | generationens | generationers | generationernes |
Further reading
editMiddle French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin generatio.
Noun
editgeneration f (plural generations)
- generation (procreation; begetting)
- generation (rank or degree in genealogy)
Swedish
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From English, French, Latin, or other?”)
Noun
editgeneration c
- a generation
- den yngre generationen
- the younger generation
Declension
editDeclension of generation
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
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