Defenition of the word extinction
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Defenition of the word extinction
- The complete disappearance of a species of plant or animal from the planet.
- Attenuation of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by matter (dust and gas) between the emitting object and the observer.
- the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
- no longer active; extinguished; "the extinction of the volcano"
- no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"
- a learning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
- complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"
- the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"
- a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
- the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
- complete annihilation
- no longer in existence
- no longer active; extinguished
Synonyms for the word extinction
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- defunctness
- experimental extinction
- extermination
- extinguishing
- quenching
Meronymys for the word extinction
Hypernyms for the word extinction
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- acquisition
- action
- activity
- annihilation
- conclusion
- conditioning
- death
- disintegration
- ending
- inaction
- inactiveness
- inactivity
- learning
- natural action
- natural process
- termination
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