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generation ships

generation ships is the plural of generation ship.

Meaning of generation ship

Noun

generation ship (plural generation ships)

  1. (space flight) A type of interstellar spaceship, where generations of humans live and die aboard during the journey through interstellar space, as the journey between stars would take generations.
    Synonyms:
    generation starship, world ship

Questions about generation ships

What is generation ships the plural of?
Generation ships is the plural of generation ship.

Words near generation ships in the dictionary

  1. Generation K
  2. generation loss
  3. generation losses
  4. Generation Next
  5. generation ship
  6. generation ships
  7. Generation Snowflake
  8. Generation T
  9. generation time
  10. generation times
  11. Generation X

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