extinction
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extinction
- /ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən/
Where it comes from
From late Middle English, borrowed from Latin extinctio (“extinction, annihilation”), from extinguere, past participle extinctus (“to extinguish”); see extinguish.
noun extinctions
- The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation. Thirteen long centuries have elapsed since the extinction of the last Zoroastrian Empire[…]
- The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.
- The inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously.
- The fading of a conditioned response over time if it is not reinforced.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: extermination, extinguishing, defunctness, quenching, experimental extinction, extirpated, annihilation, death, die, expiration, deactivation, deletion, destruction, disbandment, extirpation, elimination
Translations
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noun the action of making or becoming extinct
| Español | extinción |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 멸종 myeoljong |
| 日本語 | 絶滅 zetsumetsu |
| 中文 | 滅絕 /灭绝 mièjué |
| हिन्दी | विलुप्त vilupt |
| Português | extinção |
| Français | extinction |
| Deutsch | Aussterben |
| Русский | вымира́ние vymiránije |
| العربية | اِنْقِرَاض inqirāḍ |
| עברית | הכחדה hakkhada |
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@misc{extinction_2026,
title = {extinction},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/extinction},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
