extinction
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[edit] Etymology
From French extinction, from Latin extinctio (“extinction, annihilation”), from extinguere, past participle extinctus (“to extinguish”); see extinguish.
[edit] Noun
Wikipedia extinction (plural extinctions)
- 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.
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the action of making or becoming extinct
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[edit] References
- extinction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- extinction in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] French
[edit] Noun
extinction f. (plural extinctions)
