Generation
Generation noun - Group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent.
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Synonyms for Generation
Life span and generation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Life span" instead a noun "Generation".
Life span
Life span noun - The period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress.
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Synonyms for Life span
Generation and life span are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Generation" instead a noun phrase "Life span".
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Related pairs
- date and generation
- date and life span
- span and generation
- span and life span
- development and generation
- development and life span
- time and generation
- time and life span
- duration and generation
- duration and life span
- period and generation
- period and life span
- cycle and generation
- cycle and life span
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Which, coupled with an Ocampan generation being about 3-4 years, means that with those numbers the entire Ocampan race should become extinct in about the life span of an average 24th century human.
Source: Writers Cannot Do Math - First Generation Prolong was only discovered around a century ago, and on rich planets like Manticore there isn't anyone physically over 40, and the life span will go for 300 years.
Source: We Are as Mayflies
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