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microgeneration

microgeneration noun: the generation of zero-carbon or low-carbon heat and power by individuals, small businesses and communities to meet their own needs.

Noun

microgeneration (countable and uncountable, plural microgenerations)

  1. (uncountable) The generation of zero-carbon or low-carbon heat and power by individuals, small businesses and communities to meet their own needs.
    • Microgeneration has the potential to make a significant contribution to overall energy use in the UK and, combined with energy efficiency measures, will help towards reducing our carbon emissions. The concerned individual can take an active role in the battle against climate change.2008 June 2, John Vidal, quoting Malcolm Wicks, “Microgeneration could rival nuclear power, report shows”, in The Guardian
  2. (countable) A demographic or cohort similar to a generation but covering a shorter timespan.
    • The elderly are market segments, by generations or microgenerations within age cohorts or by historical experience as personality types.2002, Merry White, Perfectly Japanese: Making Families in an Era of Upheaval, page 169
    • Her [Madeline Cash's] debut novel taps into a microgeneration’s blurring of performance and reality.2026 June 13, Mikkel Rosengaard, “Madeline Cash Isn’t Playing Around. Or Is She?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of microgeneration

pluralmicrogenerations
alternative formmicro-generation

Origin of microgeneration

From micro- + generation.

Questions about microgeneration

What does microgeneration mean?
Microgeneration means the generation of zero-carbon or low-carbon heat and power by individuals, small businesses and communities to meet their own needs.
What part of speech is microgeneration?
Microgeneration is a noun.
What is the plural of microgeneration?
The plural of microgeneration is microgenerations.

Words near microgeneration in the dictionary

  1. microgauss
  2. microgavage
  3. microgavaged
  4. microgel
  5. microgels
  6. microgeneration
  7. microgenerational
  8. microgenerations
  9. microgenerator
  10. microgenerators
  11. microgeneses

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