Word Type

Noun

The word "extinction" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Dbpedia Genre

monologue novel

Dbpedia Language

german language

Derived Terms

Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event K-T extinction event Permian-Triassic extinction age of extinction coextinction de-extinction extinction burst extinction event → Triassic-Jurassic extinction event extinction level event extinction memory extinctionism extinctionist hemiextinction interstellar extinction language extinction mass extinction nonextinction partial discharge extinction voltage pseudoextinction semiextinction

Context

astronomy pathology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

action activity annihilation conclusion conditioning death disintegration ending inaction inactiveness inactivity natural action natural process termination

Type Of (IsA)

annihilation book conditioning death inaction natural process physical destruction event termination

Related Terms

extinct extinguish

Related Terms

absorption annihilation electromagnetic radiation extinct extinguish hemiextinction scattering stimulus

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