Look up: Generation

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   Generation
   Stages of reproduction from original copy. A first generation reproduction yields the best quality.
   Found on http://www.printusa.com/glos.htm
   
   
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   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.
   Found on http://hepwww.ph.qmw.ac.uk/epp/glossary.
   
   
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   Generation
   The period from any given stage in the life cycle (usually adult) to the same stage in the offspring.
   Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos
   
   
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   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.
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary
   
   
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   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 producing offspring or multiplying by such production
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Generation
   A term used to describe the number of times that the recorded audio signal has been copied.
   Found on http://www.testing1212.co.uk/a.htm
   
   
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   Generation
   A term used for the printing of copies from copies, indicating a measure of remoteness of a particular copy from the original material
   Found on http://www.ifla.org/VII/s30/pub/mg1.htm#
   
   
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   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.
   Found on http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/clmt/
   
   
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   Generation
   Succeeding phases in reproduction.
   Found on http://www.britishprint.com/tw/glossary.
   
   
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    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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    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 electrons from the valence band to the conduction band Category: Electrical engineering and energy ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
    
    
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    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, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc. 3. That which is generated or brought for ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/18
    
    
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    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 single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
    
    
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    generation
    multiplication 1 propagation noun the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
    
    
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    generation
    noun group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
    
    
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    Generation
    `Generation` , also known as procreation, is the act of producing offspring. It can also refer to the act of creating something inanimate such as electrical generation or cryptographic code generation. A generation can also be a stage or degree in a succession of natural descent as a grandfather, a father, and the father's son comprise three generations. A generation can refer to stages of successive improvement in the development of a technol...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation
    
    
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    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.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns
    
    
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    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 of the functions and phenomene which attend repro...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
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    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).
    Found on http://www.e-printing.co.uk/glossary.htm