EXTINCTION
\ɛkstˈɪŋkʃən], \ɛkstˈɪŋkʃən], \ɛ_k_s_t_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of EXTINCTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"
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a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
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the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
By Princeton University
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no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"
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a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
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the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.
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State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim.
By Oddity Software
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The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.
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State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim.
By Noah Webster.
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The procedure of presenting the conditioned stimulus without reinforcement to an organism previously conditioned. It refers also to the diminution of a conditioned response resulting from this procedure.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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A quenching or destroying: destruction: suppression.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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The act or process of extinguishing mercury by reducing it by trituration with a suitable substance to such a fine state of subdivision that the globules are no longer visible to the naked eye and have no tendency to run together.
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Of lime, the process of slaking.
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The state or condition of being extinguished. [Lat.]
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The eradication or destruction of anything.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of extinguishing or making extinct;—state of being extinguished.
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The act of quenching or extinguishing; the state of being quenched; destruction, excision, suppression.
By Thomas Sheridan
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