0 all the people of about the same age within a society or within a particular family: --
She's a first-generation American (= she was born and raised in the US, but her parents were not).
Targeted plant breeding can produce promising results within just a few crop generations.
Generations of fish and other marine life were compromised because of the oil spill.
The cubs represent the third generation of tigers that have been given radio collars for the project.
It's our duty to preserve the planet for future generations.
There were at least three generations - grandparents, parents and children - at the wedding.
1 the production of energy in a particular form: --
Law enforcement should focus on public safety, rather than on revenue generation.
There is a carefully planned generation of excitement surrounding each software release.
electricity generation from wind and wave power
2 a group of products or machines that are all at the same stage of development: --
Scientists are working on developing the next generation of supercomputers.
a new generation of low-fat margarines
3 all the people of about the same age within a society or within a particular family, or the usual period of time from a person’s birth to the birth of his or her children: --
There were three generations at the wedding – grandparents, parents, and children.
the last/next generation
4 (of living things) the act or process of reproducing --
5 a group of people who are about the same age within a society or within a particular family: --
Here is one more attempt to persuade the world that an ageing population will not necessarily impose an intolerable burden on younger generations.
In addition, it is the minority language that showed a sharp decline in use across generations, in favor of the majority language.
The language loses its prestige among the speakers themselves, especially in the younger generations.
Because of that, the number of parasitoid generations was found to be equal to the number of midge generations.
There were probably two generations of this species in the last three months of the survey.
In some cases, alate morphs are produced and these disperse before ovipositing eggs that develop into further apterous generations.
Nevertheless, visual selection generally would have taken place in the previous generations, successfully removing the least suitable agronomic types.
A beneficial effect is an aspect of an adaptation that increases the probability that its carrier's alleles will have copies in succeeding generations.
