generation in WordNet English dictionary

1. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
   coevals  contemporaries  generation 
   
2. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
   generation  multiplication  propagation 
   
3. the production of heat or electricity
   "dams were built for the generation of electricity"
   generation 
   
4. a coming into being
   genesis  generation 
   
5. group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
   generation 
   
6. the normal time between successive generations
   "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
   generation 
   
7. a stage of technological development or innovation
   "the third generation of computers"
   generation