The life cycle of pteridophytes exhibits an alternation of generations between gametophytes and sporophytes.
Thus, there were three generations between Jesus of Nazareth and Irenaeus of southern France.
"There is a bridge between generations, between what Balenciaga did and what I am doing, and that is very important.
"We believe there may be links down the generations between our suspect and countries of the Caribbean.
Everywhere the process of change was rapid and intense, lasting a few generations between 700 and 550 bce.
A 1981 play became a surprisingly affecting novel, Cupid's Darts (2007), about love across the generations between a philosopher and a "darts-team groupie".
"Near revolutionary developments in advertising, media, marketing, technology and global trade have in the last two decades of the 20th century nearly obliterated walls that have stood for generations between nonwhites and the image of the American dream.
The Glasgow cousins welcome us warmly over the early evening bistro set menu, speaking as if we'd only been on a long posting, as if there weren't the gulf of generations between us all.
The forms that make up our collective life are criss-crossed with difference — between generations, between men and women, between north and south, between ethnicities and ideologies and religions.
The price of Kate and Alex's tables and bookcases may fluctuate according to the whims of the market, but the ties between generations, between sisters, between spouses, must be strong if life is to assume any kind of satisfying shape.
Set in the Bronx in 1964, it is structured as a clash of wills and generations between Sister Aloysius and Father Flynn, the young priest who may or may not be too fond of the schoolboys in his charge.
