generation
generation is a polysyllabic word with 4 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, generation is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofgeneration
- The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation.
- The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
- Race, family; breed.
- A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
Example: "This is the book of the generations of Adam - Genesis 5:1"
- Descendants, progeny; offspring.
- The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.
- A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.
- The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
Example: "the generation of a line or curve"
- A specific age range whose members can relate culturally to one another.
Example: "Generation X grew up in the eighties, whereas the generation known as the millennials grew up in the nineties."
- A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.
Example: "People sometimes dispute which generation of Star Trek is best, including the original and The Next Generation."
- A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy and thus further degraded in quality.
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