generation

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.

   the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

2. (countable, uncountable)The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.

   созда́ниеsozdánije, зарожде́ниеzaroždénije

3. (US, countable, dialectal, uncountable)Race, family; breed.

   родrod

4. (countable, uncountable)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.

   Generation, Geschlecht

   поколе́ниеpokolénije, генера́цияgenerácija

   поколі́нняpokolínnja

5. (countable, uncountable)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.

   поколе́ниеpokolénije

6. (countable, uncountable)A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.

   a stage of technological development or innovation

7. (countable, uncountable)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.

   the generation of a line or curve

   созда́ниеsozdánije, генери́рованиеgenerírovanije, формирова́ниеformirovánije

8. (countable, uncountable)A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.

   Generation X grew up in the eighties, whereas the generation known as the millennials grew up in the nineties.

9. (countable, uncountable)A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.

   People sometimes dispute which generation of Star Trek is best, including the original and The Next Generation.

   пото́мствоpotómstvo

10. (countable, uncountable)A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy.

11. (countable, uncountable)A single iteration of a cellular automaton rule on a pattern.

12. (Nigeria, countable, obsolete, uncountable)Descendants, progeny; offspring.

1. The younger generation looks at things differently.

   ruМолодое поколение смотрит на жизнь иначе.

   deDie jüngere Generation sieht die Dinge anders.

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2. There is a generation gap between them.

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3. Our generation has seen a lot of changes.

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4. They have nothing in common with the older generation.

   ruУ них нет ничего общего со старшим поколением.

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5. This tradition has been passed down from generation to generation.

   ruЭта традиция передавалась из поколения в поколение.

   deDieser Brauch wurde von Generation zu Generation weitergereicht.

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