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generation n. [
coevals, contemporaries] all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
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generation n. group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
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generation n. the normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
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generation n. a stage of technological development or innovation; "the third generation of computers"
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generation n. [
genesis] a coming into being
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