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(noun) the act of propagating |
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Synonyms: multiplication, propagation |
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Related Words: biogenesis, biogeny, breeding, procreation, reproduction |
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(noun) group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent |
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Related Words: baby boom, biological group, posterity |
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(noun) the normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade" |
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Related Words: amount of time, period, period of time, time period |
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(noun) all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age |
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Synonyms: coevals, contemporaries |
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Related Words: Beat Generation, peer group, people |
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