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generation 1. the act or process of bringing into being; production or reproduction, esp of offspring 2. a. a successive stage in natural descent of organisms: the time between when an organism comes into being and when it reproduces b. the individuals produced at each stage 3. the normal or average time between two such generations of a species: about 35 years for humans 4. a phase or form in the life cycle of a plant or animal characterized by a particular type of reproduction 5. production of electricity, heat, etc. 6. Physics a set of nuclei formed directly from a preceding set in a chain reaction generation [‚jen·ə′rā·shən] (biology) A group of organisms having a common parent or parents and comprising a single level in line of descent. (computer science) Any one of three groups used to historically classify computers according to their electronic hardware components, logical organization and software, or programming techniques; computers are thus known as first-, second-, or third-generation; a particular computer may possess characteristics of all generations simultaneously. One of a family of data sets, related to one another in that each is a modification of the next most recent data set.
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| For this process to work and to persist (in one instance and certainly generationally as in slavery) new levels of resistance had to be discovered in the slave for the purpose of surmounting them. The "distanced zone" of adult culture, detached from young people, but nonetheless creating and controlling many of the images of youth that circulate, is out of touch and develops from a perspective that is psychologically, socially, emotionally and generationally remote from that to which it "speaks". Opera: The Basics by Denise Gallo (Senior Music Specialist at The Library of Congress and Adjunct Professor, Music History Division, The Catholic University of America) is an 207-page introductory reference for all performers, music, styles and performances of the generationally popular musical genre of opera. |
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