Extinction (disambiguation)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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