extinction
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
no longer active; extinguished
the extinction of the volcano
Types & categories
- inactivity hypernym
Related & opposite
- extinct attribute
Sense 2 noun
no longer in existence
the extinction of a species
Types & categories
- death hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
Types & categories
- natural process hypernym
Parts & wholes
- absorption part meronym
- scattering part meronym
Sense 4 noun
complete annihilation
they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs
Types & categories
- annihilation hypernym
Related & opposite
- annihilate derivation
Sense 5 noun
a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
Types & categories
- conditioning hypernym
Sense 6 noun
the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
the extinction of the lights
Types & categories
- ending hypernym
Related & opposite
- extinguish derivation
- quench derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | extinct |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inactivity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | defunct |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | defunct |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | death |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | absorption |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | scattering |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural process |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | annihilate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | annihilation |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | conditioning |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | extinguish |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | quench |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | ending |