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Extinction
Extinction Ex*tinc"tion, n. [L. extinctio, exstinction: cf. F.
extinction.]
1. 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.
2. State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be;
destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a
family, of a quarrel, of claim.
Meaning of extinction from wikipedia
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Extinction is the
termination of a
taxon by the
death of its last member. A
taxon may
become functionally extinct before the
death of its last
member if...
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Marine extinction intensity during Phanerozoic %
Millions of
years ago (H) K–Pg Tr–J P–Tr Cap Late D O–S An
extinction event (also
known as a m**** extinction...
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Holocene extinction, or
Anthropocene extinction, is the
ongoing extinction event caused by
humans during the
Holocene epoch.
These extinctions span numerous...
- Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg)
extinction event, also
known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T)
extinction, was a
sudden m****
extinction of three-quarters of the...
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Extinction Rebellion (abbreviated as XR) is a UK-founded
global environmental movement, with the
stated aim of
using nonviolent civil disobedience to compel...
- P–Tr)
extinction event (PTME; also
known as the Late
Permian extinction event, the
Latest Permian extinction event, the End-Permian
extinction event,...
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Human extinction is the
hypothetical end of the
human species,
either by po****tion
decline due to
extraneous natural causes, such as an
asteroid impact...
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though it
still exists elsewhere.
Local extinctions are
contrasted with
global extinctions.
Local extinctions mark a
change in the
ecology of an area...
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Attenuation coefficient,
sometimes called "
extinction coefficient" in
meteorology or
climatology M****
extinction coefficient, how
strongly a
substance absorbs...
- The Late
Pleistocene to the
beginning of the
Holocene saw
numerous extinctions of
predominantly megafaunal (typically
defined as
having body m****es over...
