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