extinction
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
extinction
- The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
- (astronomy) The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.
- (pathology) The inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously
- extinctionism
- extinctionist
- extinct
- extinguish
- hemiextinction
- French: extinction
- German: Aussterben
- Portuguese: extinção
- Russian: вымира́ние
- Spanish: extinción
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