3. To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce;
to cause.
Whatever generates a quantity of good chyle must likewise generate
milk.
Arbuthnot.
4. (Math.) To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of
a point or a magnitude of inferior order.
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Gen`er*a"tion (?), n. [OE. generacioun, F. gÈnÈration, fr.L.
generatio.] 1. The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of
animals.
2. Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital;
production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of
curves, etc.