extinction
nounEtymology
From late Middle English, borrowed from Latin extinctio (“extinction, annihilation”), from extinguere, past participle extinctus (“to extinguish”); see extinguish.
- derived from extinctio
Definitions
The action of making or becoming extinct
The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
- 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.
The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects…
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.
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The fading of a conditioned response over time if it is not reinforced.
The neighborhood
- neighborextinct
- neighborextinguish
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at extinction. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at extinction. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at extinction
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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