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extinction
The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation
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
The termination of any lineage of organisms, from subspecies to species and higher taxonomic categories from genera to phyla Extinction can be local, in which one or more populations of a species or other unit vanish but others survive elsewhere, or total (global), in which all the populations vanish When biologists speak of the extinction of a particular species without further qualification, they mean total extinction1
is when a species of any animal, plant or creature is no longer found alive Back to Mammal main page
a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
Disappearance of a species from all or part of their geographic range Also see background extinction and mass extinction
The total disappearance of a species or taxon
The human-caused or natural process whereby a species or population ceases to exist (1) See Endangered Species, Threatened Species
Process where no more of a species live on our planet, e g dinosaurs are extinct Many species are threatened with extinction
A gradual reduction in the frequency of occurrence of an operant behavior that results from a lack of reinforcement of the response
no longer active; extinguished; "the extinction of the volcano"
the attenuation of light due to scattering and absorption as it passes through a medium
The apparent dimming of star or planet when low on the horizon due to absorption by the Earth's atmosphere
Occurs when all the members of a specific kind of plant or animal have died
State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim
When all the members of a clade or taxon die, the group is said to be extinct
The total disappearance of a species or higher taxon, so that it no longer exists anywhere
no longer active; extinguished; "the extinction of the volcano
a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"
The procedure in a conditioning experiment where the unconditioned stimulus or the reinforcer is no longer presented (Anderson)

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