ALL meanings of generational
gen·er·a·tion
G g - noun generational the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation. 1
- noun generational the term of years, roughly 30 among human beings, accepted as the average period between the birth of parents and the birth of their offspring. 1
- noun generational a group of individuals, most of whom are the same approximate age, having similar ideas, problems, attitudes, etc. Compare Beat Generation, Lost Generation. 1
- noun generational a group of individuals belonging to a specific category at the same time: Chaplin belonged to the generation of silent-screen stars. 1
- noun generational a single step in natural descent, as of human beings, animals, or plants. 1
- noun generational a form, type, class, etc., of objects existing at the same time and having many similarities or developed from a common model or ancestor (often used in combination): a new generation of anticancer drugs; a third-generation phone. 1
- noun generational the offspring of a certain parent or couple, considered as a step in natural descent. 1
- adjective generational relating to generations 1
- noun generational the act or process of generating; procreation. 1
- adjective generational characteristic of a generation 1
- noun generational the state of being generated. 1
- noun generational production by natural or artificial processes; evolution, as of heat or sound. 1
- noun generational Biology. one complete life cycle. one of the alternate phases that complete a life cycle having more than one phase: the gametophyte generation. 1
- noun generational Mathematics. the production of a geometrical figure by the motion of another figure. 1
- noun generational Physics. one of the successive sets of nuclei produced in a chain reaction. 1
- noun generational (in duplicating processes, as photocopying, film, etc.) the distance in duplicating steps that a copy is from the original work. 1
- noun generational Of, pertaining to, or changing over generations. 1
- adjective generational Generational means relating to a particular generation, or to the relationship between particular generations. 0