noun🔗ShareThe action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation."Example Sentence: "Scientists are worried about the increasing rate of animal extinctions due to habitat loss." "environmentbiologyecologysciencenatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer."Astronomers must account for interstellar extinctions when calculating the true brightness of distant stars, because dust and gas obscure some of their light. "astronomyphysicsspaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously"The neurological exam revealed several extinctions; for example, the patient couldn't feel a touch on their left hand if they were simultaneously touched on their right cheek. "physiologymindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
