Extinction (disambiguation)
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Extinction is the cessation of existence of a species or group of taxa, reducing biodiversity.
Extinction may also refer to:
In science:
- Extinction (astronomy), the gradual reddening and dimming of light as it passes through gas and dust
- Extinction (psychology), the process by which learned associations are actively forgotten
- 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
In television:
- "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 other fields:
- Aliens versus Predator: Extinction, the first Alien vs. Predator game released for PlayStation 2 and Xbox
- Extinction (novel), a fantasy novel by Lisa Smedman
- 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
- Resident Evil: Extinction, a 2007 film starring Milla Jovovich and Sienna Guillory
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