Extinction (disambiguation)
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Extinction or extinct may refer to:
In science:
- Extinction (biology, palaeontology) is the cessation of existence of a species or group of taxa, reducing biodiversity.
- Holocene extinction event, the ongoing wave of extinctions coinciding with the rise of humans.
- List of extinct animals
- List of extinct plants
- Extinction (astronomy), the gradual reddening and dimming of light as it passes through gas and dust
- Extinction (psychology), the process by which learned behaviors cease to be reinforced and reduce in frequency
- Extinction coefficient, a measure of how well a material absorbs electromagnetic radiation in optics
- Undulose extinction, a geological term referring to the type of extinction that occurs in certain minerals under cross polarized light
- Visual extinction, a neurological disorder
- For the process of a language becoming extinct, see Language death, Extinct language and Language shift.
In Television:
- Extinct (TV series) a TV series about endangered species on ITV1.
- Extinct (2001 TV series) a TV series about extinct species on Channel 4.
- Extinction (Enterprise episode), a third season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
- Extinction (Smallville episode), the third episode of the third season of the WB original series, Smallville
In Movies:
- Resident Evil: Extinction, a 2007 film starring Milla Jovovich
- Aliens versus Predator: Extinction, the first Alien vs. Predator game released for PlayStation 2 and Xbox
In Books:
- Extinction (novel), a fantasy novel by Lisa Smedman
- Extinction, a science fiction novel by Ray Hammond
In other fields:
- Extinction (peerage), a peerage in the United Kingdom all of whose possible heirs have died
- Extinction (Sufism), to annihilate the self while remaining physically alive
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