generation

GENERA'TION, noun The act of begetting; procreation, as of animals.1. Production; formation; as the generation of sounds or of curves or equations.2. A single succession in natural descent, as the children of the same parents; hence, an age. Thus we say, the third, the fourth, or the tenth generation Genesis 15:16.3. The people of the same period, or living at the same time.O faithless and perverse generation Luke 9:41.4. Genealogy; a series of children or descendants from the same stock.This is the book of the generations of Adam. Genesis 5:1.5. A family; a race.6. Progeny; offspring