What is a generation??

Question

I know there are different generations, but who is in a generation?

so if i am 14, who is in my generation? everyone else in the world who is 14?

Answer 1

stage in descent: a single stage in the descent of a family or a group of people, animals, or plants, or the individual members of that stage

three generations down the line

Answer 2

Well, there are a multitude of generations including (off of general knowledge):

-Generation Baby Boomers

-Generation X

-Generation Y

-Generation Z

You are in the generation of everybody aged 13-20 (approx.)

Generation X is your ticket...generations are also identified by characteristics: e.g. our generation (X) is known as the "entitled" generation...also we're associated with globalization and the ability to multi-task w/ electronics quite often.

Answer 3

Definitions of generation on the Web:

coevals: all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

the normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"

a stage of technological development or innovation; "the third generation of computers"

genesis: a coming into being

the production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for the generation of electricity"

the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Generation (from the Greek γενεά), also known as procreation, is the act of producing offspring. It can also refer to the act of creating something inanimate such as electrical generation or cryptographic code generation. ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation