generation

noun

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