extinction

Definitions

1. The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation
2. The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
   countable, uncountable
3. The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer
4. The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.
   countable, uncountable
5. The inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously
6. The inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously.
   countable, uncountable
7. The fading of a conditioned response over time if it is not reinforced
8. The fading of a conditioned response over time if it is not reinforced.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

32 more languages

العربيةالإنقراضانقراض

Българскипотушаване

Bosanskiutrnućeутрнуће

Catalàextinció

Češtinavyhynutívymřenízánik

Dansktilintetgørelseuddøenudslettelse

Ελληνικάαφανισμός

Esperantoformorto

Suomiekstinktiosukupuutto

Gaeilgedíothú

עבריתהכחדה

हिन्दीविलुप्त

Hrvatskiutrnućeутрнуће

Bahasa Indonesiakepunahanpemadaman

Íslenskaútdauði

日本語断絶消滅滅亡熄絶滅+ 2 more

Қазақ тіліжойылу

한국어멸종소멸

Latinaexstinctioextinctiointeritus

Македонскипомор

Bahasa Melayukepupusan

Nederlandsuitsterven

Polskiwygaszeniewymarciewymieraniewytępienie+ 1 more

Portuguêsextinção

Русскийвымирание

Српскиutrnućeутрнуће

Svenskautrotning

ไทยการสูญพันธุ์

Tagaloglipol

Türkçesoy tükenmesi

Українськавимирання

Yorùbáakurun

Examples

“Thirteen long centuries have⟳ elapsed since the extinction of the last⟳ Zoroastrian Empire[…]”

“Their lives were short; all were condemned by the early 1930s, presumably because, like⟳ most classes of G.S.W.R. engines, their small numbers invited extinction under any comprehensive programme of standardisation.”

“The extinction of a species once so numerous seemed incredible.”

“Dr. Manuel: You're wasting your time. The age of humanity is over. Our extinction is inevitable.”

“Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get⟳ much worse. We may see⟳ many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land⟳ and water. Welcome⟳ to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have⟳ become⟳ a major geological and climatic force⟳.”

“On the East and West Coast Main Lines in the 1950s/60s, for example, we saw⟳ the extinction of intermediate stations in order⟳ to create⟳ the same sort⟳ of accelerations that IRP is now promising. Back then, the priority was faster main line services, with wayside/intermediate stations paying the ultimate price.”

“In Perthshire, the Aberdeenshire catchments of Deeside and Donside, in Moray and Nairnshire to the north-east, the populations are in low single figures, putting them on the brink of local extinction.”

CEFR level