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extinction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | extermination |
| Type of | annihilation, disintegration |
| Derivation | extinguish |
they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs.
extinction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | extinguishing, quenching |
| Type of | ending, conclusion, termination |
| Derivation | extinguish |
the extinction of the lights.
extinction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | experimental extinction |
| Type of | conditioning |
extinction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | inactiveness, inactivity, inaction |
the extinction of the volcano.
extinction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | activity, natural action, natural process, action |
Examples of extinction
extinction
Rescuing ecosystems from extinction cascades through compensatory perturbations.
From the sciencedaily.com
It has been linked to the extinction of amphibians from Australia to Costa Rica.
From the foxnews.com
This led to their near-extinction during the mid-1900s when DDT was used widely.
From the chron.com
It's nice to see someone trying to keep that part of the market from extinction.
From the timesunion.com
Polar bears are one among many species on the brink of extinction because of us.
From the independent.co.uk
Then decades of habitat loss and disease pushed them to the brink of extinction.
From the newscientist.com
Who would have thought, in 2007, that GM was on the edge of possible extinction?
From the sfgate.com
A quarter of the mammals on the Red List were found to be at risk of extinction.
From the kentucky.com
China's ruling party would not limp into extinction like Soviet bloc communists.
From the theepochtimes.com
- No longer active; extinguished; "the extinction of the volcano"
- No longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"
- The reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
- Complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"
- A conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
- (extinct) no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs"
- In biology and ecology, extinction is the end of an organism or group of taxa. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of that species (although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point). ...
- Extinction is the last of Thomas Bernhardu2019s novels. It was originally published in German in 1986.
- Extinction is a term used in astronomy to describe the absorption and scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by matter (dust and gas) between the emitting object and the observer. ...
