noun. undefined

noun. The act of extinguishing.

noun. The condition of being extinguished.

noun. The fact of being extinct or the process of becoming extinct.

noun. A reduction or a loss in the strength or rate of a conditioned response when the unconditioned stimulus or reinforcement is withheld.

noun. A gradual decrease in the excitability of a nerve to a previously adequate stimulus, usually resulting in total loss of excitability.

noun. The dimming of celestial objects, usually measured in magnitudes, due to scattering and absorption of their light as it passes through interstellar dust clouds and the earth's atmosphere.

noun. The act of extinguishing, or the state of being extinguished; a quenching or putting out, as of fire or flame.

noun. Hence A bringing or coming to an end; a putting out of existence; suppression; destruction.

noun. In optics, the arresting of a beam of light by polarization, by the imperfect transparency of the medium, or otherwise.

noun. 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.

noun. State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression.

noun. The ceasing to exist of a species of living organism, such as a plant or animal, whose numbers declined to the point where the last member of the species died and therefore no new members of the species could ever again be born.

noun. The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.

noun. The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.

noun. the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation

noun. no longer active; extinguished

noun. complete annihilation

noun. no longer in existence

noun. the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning

noun. a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus

""The term extinction is generally used to describe new learning that the previously feared event is now safe," Phelps tells WebMD."

curve of extinction  extinction angle  extinction of mercury  

extinct  extinguish  

action  activity  annihilation  conclusion  conditioning  

distinction  

abandonment  abolition  annihilation  breakdown  cessation  

abolishment  abolition  abscission  amputation  annihilation