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Definitions for Extinction
[1] the act of extinguishing.
[2] the fact or condition of being extinguished or extinct.
[3] suppression; abolition; annihilation: the extinction of an army.
[4] Biology . the act or process of becoming extinct; a coming to an end or dying out: the extinction of a species.
[5] Psychology . the reduction or loss of a conditioned response as a result of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement.
[6] Astronomy . the diminution in the intensity of starlight caused by absorption as it passes through the earth's atmosphere or through interstellar dust.
[7] Crystallography , Optics . the darkness that results from rotation of a thin section to an angle (extinction angle) at which plane-polarized light is absorbed by the polarizer.
[8] the act of making extinct or the state of being extinct
[9] the act of extinguishing or the state of being extinguished
[10] complete destruction; annihilation
[11] physics reduction of the intensity of radiation as a result of absorption or scattering by matter
[12] astronomy the dimming of light from a celestial body as it passes through an absorbing or scattering medium, such as the earth's atmosphere or interstellar dust
[13] psychol a process in which the frequency or intensity of a learned response is decreased as a result of reinforcement being withdrawn Compare habituation
Words related to Extinction
annihilation, elimination, destruction, obsolescence, death
Words nearby Extinction
exteroceptor, exterofective, exterritorial, extima, extinct, extinction, extinctive, extine, extinguish, extinguishant, extinguisher
Origin of Extinction
1375–1425; late Middle English extinccio(u)n < Latin ex(s)tinctiōn- (stem of ex(s)tinctiō ). See extinct, -ion
Other words from Extinction
non·ex·tinc·tion , noun
pre·ex·tinc·tion , noun
self-ex·tinc·tion , noun
Synonyms for Extinction
annihilation, destruction, elimination, obsolescence, death, end of life, no life, thing of the past