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GENERATION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such productionplay

Synonyms:

generation; multiplication; propagation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("generation" is a kind of...):

breeding; facts of life; procreation; reproduction (the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "generation"):

biogenesis; biogeny (the production of living organisms from other living organisms)

Derivation:

generate (make (offspring) by reproduction)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The production of heat or electricityplay

Example:

dams were built for the generation of electricity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("generation" is a kind of...):

production ((economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale)

Derivation:

generate (produce (energy))

generate (give or supply)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A coming into beingplay

Synonyms:

generation; genesis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("generation" is a kind of...):

beginning (the event consisting of the start of something)

Derivation:

generate (make (offspring) by reproduction)

generate (bring into existence)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descentplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("generation" is a kind of...):

biological group (a group of plants or animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "generation"):

posterity (all future generations)

baby-boom generation; baby boom (the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II)

gen X; generation X (the generation following the baby boom (especially Americans and Canadians born in the 1960s and 1970s))

Derivation:

generate (make (offspring) by reproduction)

generational (of or relating to a generation)

Sense 5

Meaning:

All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same ageplay

Synonyms:

coevals; contemporaries; generation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("generation" is a kind of...):

people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "generation"):

youth culture (young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture)

peer group (contemporaries of the same status)

Derivation:

generational (of or relating to a generation)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The normal time between successive generationsplay

Example:

they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("generation" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A stage of technological development or innovationplay

Example:

the third generation of computers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("generation" is a kind of...):

phase; stage (any distinct time period in a sequence of events)

Derivation:

generate (bring into existence)

generational (of or relating to a generation)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The result is that the strong and the progeny of the strong survive, and, so long as the struggle obtains, the strength of each generation increases.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A second-generation cisplatin analogue with antineoplastic activity.

(Nedaplatin, NCI Thesaurus)

A third-generation, aminohexane bisphosphonate with anti-resorptive and anti-hypercalcemic activities.

(Neridronic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in the generation of superoxide in neutrophils.

(NCF2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by smooth, shiny colonies, a shorter generation time, and a unique phenolic glycolipid and lipo-oligosaccharide.

(Mycobacterium canetti, NCI Thesaurus)

Docetaxel is a semi-synthetic, second-generation taxane derived from a compound found in the European yew tree Taxus baccata.

(Nanoparticle Albumin-Bound Docetaxel, NCI Thesaurus)

At least 2 successive generations should be affected; 4.

(Amsterdam Criteria II, NCI Thesaurus)

It combines bisulfite treatment with next generation sequencing techniques.

(MethylC-Seq, NCI Thesaurus)

A long-acting, first-generation, cyclohexyl sulfonylurea with antihyperglycemic activity.

(Metahexamide, NCI Thesaurus)

A third-generation, humanized monoclonal antibody directed against human CD20 with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody PRO131921, NCI Thesaurus)




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