Look up: Generation

1. generation
   Type: Term Pronunciation: jen′ĕr-ā′shŭn Definitions: 1. A discrete stage in succession of descent; father, son, and grandson are three generations. Synonyms: reproduction1
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2. Generation
   Stages of reproduction from original copy. A first generation reproduction yields the best quality.
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3. Generation
   A set of one of each charge type of quark and lepton, grouped by mass. The first generation contains the up and down quarks, the electron and the electron neutrino.
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4. Generation
   The period from any given stage in the life cycle (usually adult) to the same stage in the offspring.
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5. generation
   [Noun] A group of people born around the same time.
   Example: The post-war generation did not experience the problems of the 1930s and 1940s.
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6. generation
   [n] - a stage of technological development or innovation 2. [n] - the normal time between successive generations 3. [n] - group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent 4. [n] - the production of heat or electricity 5. [n] - the act of...
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7. Generation
   A term used to describe the number of times that the recorded audio signal has been copied.
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8. Generation
   A term used for the printing of copies from copies, indicating a measure of remoteness of a particular copy from the original material
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9. generation
   (also synthesis) the phase in a natural language processing system (including MT systems) in which a strings or sentences are produced from some sort of underlying representation, typically a meaning representation of some sort or the name for the module of linguistic rules which causes this to happen.
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10. Generation
    Succeeding phases in reproduction.
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11. generation
    type of computer, characterised by the period in which it was developed; 2.a version of a file or control system updated until a certain time Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • the production of pairs of holes and free electrons by the excitation of electr...
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12. Generation
    Gen`er·a'tion noun [ Middle English generacioun , French génération , from Latin generatio .] 1. The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals. 2. Origination by some process, mathematical, chemi...
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13. generation
    1. The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals. ... 2. Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc. ... 3. That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspiring. ... 4. A singl...
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14. generation
    multiplication 1 propagation noun the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
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15. generation
    noun group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
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16. generation
    (jen″әr-a´shәn) reproduction (def. 2). a class composed of all individuals removed by the same number of successive ancestors from a common predecessor, or occupying positions on the same level in a pedigree chart.
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17. Generation
    • (n.) Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc. • (n.) Race; kind; family; breed; stock. • (n.) That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspiring. • (n.) The aggregate...
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18. generation
    An attempt to classify the degree of sophistication of programming languages. See First generation language -- Fifth generation language. (1995-06-15)
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19. Generation
    A first generation image is the original; second generation is made from the original; third generation is made from the second generation. Print on this page is fourth generation: type (first), negative (second), plate (third), print (fourth).
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20. Generation
    As advances are made in computer technology, generations pass. The latest upgrade is called the latest generation. In film duplication generation refers to the various negatives and prints. The original negative is the first generation while the first print is the second generation. If a succeeding ...
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21. Generation
    A generation is a single succession of human beings (or animals) who are born, grow up, and reproduce their kind; hence, the term generation is applied to an age or period of time between one succession and the next, as the third, the fourth, or the tenth generation. The length of a generation is sometimes estimated at about thirty years.
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22. Generation
    The number of steps between a vampire and the mythical Cane.
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23. Generation
    `Generation` (from the accessdate=2010-10-10-->--> also known as reproduction|procreation in biological sciences, is the act of producing offspring. In a more general sense, it can also refer to the act of creating something inanimate such as ideas, sound, electrical generation using technology or c...
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24. Generation
    (particle physics) ! Type ! First ! Second ! Quarks ! up-type ! down-type ! colspan="4"| Leptons ! charged ! neutral In particle physics, a `generation` (or `family`) is a division of the elementary particles. Between generations, particles differ by their (flavour) quantum number a...
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25. Generation
    (Audio Bullys album) | Name = Generation | Type = studio | Single 1 = Shot You Down | Single 1 date = 23 May 2005 | Single 2 = I`m in Love | Single 2 date = 24 October 2005 --> --> `Generation` is the second studio album by the electronic music group Audio Bullys, released on 31 ...
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