Definition of generation

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Generation (n.) The aggregate of the functions and phenomene which attend reproduction.

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Copulate :: Copulate (v. i.) To unite in sexual intercourse; to come together in the act of generation.
Regenerative :: Regenerative (a.) Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences..
Patriarchal :: Patriarchal (a.) Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations.
Homogenesis :: Homogenesis (n.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis..
Zooid :: Zooid (n.) An animal in one of its inferior stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation..
Heterogenesis :: Heterogenesis (n.) Spontaneous generation, so called..
Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) A bud produced in generation by gemmation.
Offspring :: Offspring (n.sing. & pl.) The act of production; generation.
Atheroma :: Atheroma (n.) A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.
Propagate :: Propagate (v. i.) To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly..
Digestion :: Digestion (n.) Generation of pus; suppuration.
Republicanize :: Republicanize (v. t.) To change, as a state, into a republic; to republican principles; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize the rising generation..
Hermaphrodite :: Hermaphrodite (n.) An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helmi
Regeneration :: Regeneration (n.) The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated..
Pudendum :: Pudendum (n.) The external organs of generation, especially of the female; the vulva..
Histolytic :: Histolytic (a.) Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues..
Genesis :: Genesis (n.) Same as Generation.
Abiogenous :: Abiogenous (a.) Produced by spontaneous generation.
Traducianism :: Traducianism (n.) The doctrine that human souls are produced by the act of generation; -- opposed to creationism, and infusionism..
Theogony :: Theogony (n.) The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod..
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