Definition of generation

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Generation (n.) Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc..

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Propagate :: Propagate (v. t.) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree..
Regeneration :: Regeneration (n.) The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole..
Purulency :: Purulency (n.) The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself..
Pudendum :: Pudendum (n.) The external organs of generation, especially of the female; the vulva..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
Engendrure :: Engendrure (n.) The act of generation.
Posterity :: Posterity (n.) Succeeding generations; future times.
Posterity :: Posterity (n.) The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham..
Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.
Regeneration :: Regeneration (n.) The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated..
Genitals :: Genitals (a.) The organs of generation; the sexual organs; the private parts.
Atavism :: Atavism (n.) The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an intermission for a generation or two..
Progeneration :: Progeneration (n.) The act of begetting; propagation.
Sexual :: Sexual (a.) Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation..
Transmission :: Transmission (n.) The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another..
Generation :: Generation (n.) That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspiring.
Procreation :: Procreation (n.) The act of begetting; generation and production of young.
Tribe :: Tribe (n.) A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob..
Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) A bud produced in generation by gemmation.
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