extinction

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

estinzione

spegnimento

sterminio

estinguere

annichilazione

annichilimento

eliminazione

smorzamento

smorzatura

finale

ultimi

fine

morte

💀

ultimo

sinonimi

destruction

annihilation

quenching

death

💀

extermination

end

🔚

obliteration

extinguishing

extinguishment

eradication

abolition

disappearance

cessation

extinguish

defunctness

dying

dying out

experimental extinction

allaying

nirvana

nonexistence

putting out

remaining

removal

sterilization

sterilize

subsidence

termination

absorbancy

erasement

flame-out

bumwhush

absorbance

attenuation

cancellation

consumption

deletion

demise

die out

discontinuance

discontinuation

dissolution

effacement

elimination

erase

erasure

expiation

interruption

lapse

massacre

Traduzioni

extinction

extinção

extinción

extinció

Aussterben

vernietiging

imha

Extinktion

söndürme

Vernichtung

disparition

εξάλειψη

Auslöschung

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: -

In summary

From late Middle English, borrowed from Latin extinctio (“extinction, annihilation”), from extinguere, past participle extinctus (“to extinguish”); see extinguish.