Editing Generation (section)

==English==

===Etymology===
[[image:Generation OED.JPG|thumb|250px|Generation in the Oxford English Dictionary]]

From [[Anglo-Norman]]

''[[generacioun]]'', [[Middle French]] ''[[generacion]]'', and their source, [[Latin]] ''[[generātiō]]'', from ''[[generāre]]'', present active infinitive of ''[[generō]]'' ‎(“to beget, generate”). Compare ''[[generate]]''.

===Pronunciation===
* /ˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
* Rhymes: -eɪʃən

===Noun===
generation ‎(''plural'' [[generations]])

# The fact of [[creating]] something, or bringing something into being; [[production]], [[creation]]. [from 14th c.]
# The act of creating a living creature or [[organism]]; [[procreation]]. [from 14th c.]
# (now US regional) [[race|Race]], [[family]]; [[breed]]. [from 14th c.]
# 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 - [[w:Richard Hooker|Richard Hooker]]
# ''[[obsolete]]'' [[descendants|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.
# A set stage in the development of [[computing]] or of a specific [[technology]].
# (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; as, the '''generation''' of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
# A specific age range in which each person in that range 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.''

====Derived terms====
* [[first-generation]]
* [[generationer]]
* [[second-generation]]

====Related terms====
* [[generation gap]]
* [[generation loss]]

====Related terms====
* [[generate]]

====External links====

===Anagrams===
* [[renegation#English|renegation]]

[[Category:en:Family]]

====Related terms====
* [[generera]]
* [[generationsväxling]]
* [[ungdomsgeneration]]