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Noun
S:
(n)
coevals
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contemporaries
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generation
(all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age)
S:
(n)
generation
(group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent)
S:
(n)
generation
(the normal time between successive generations)
"they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
S:
(n)
generation
(a stage of technological development or innovation)
"the third generation of computers"
S:
(n)
genesis
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generation
(a coming into being)
S:
(n)
generation
(the production of heat or electricity)
"dams were built for the generation of electricity"
S:
(n)
generation
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multiplication
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propagation
(the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production)