Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 8 compound words that contain extinction. The most common are listed below. Open extinction in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- age of extinctionThe current period of Earth history characterised by large-scale extinction of lifeforms as a result of human activity.
- mass extinctionA sharp decrease in the total number of species in a relatively short period of time; specifically, a loss of ∼75% of all species on the planet over a geologically interval of less than 3 million years, as a result of a mass extinction …
- de-extinctionThe process of returning an extinct species back into the world.
- End-Permian ExtinctionSynonym of Permian extinction.
- Permian-Triassic extinctionA volcanic mass extinction at the end of the Permian period 251.9 million years ago.
- end-Triassic mass extinctionSynonym of Triassic-Jurassic extinction event: A mass extinction between the Triassic and Jurassic periods 201.3 million years ago.
- Permian-Triassic mass extinctionSynonym of Permian-Triassic extinction: A volcanic mass extinction at the end of the Permian period 251.9 million years ago.
- extinction burstA sudden, temporary increase in a conditioned reflex while it is otherwise declining in frequency and before it reaches the point of extinction.
- extinction eventSynonym of mass extinction: A sharp decrease in the total number of species in a relatively short period of time; specifically, a loss of ∼75% of all species on the planet over a geologically interval of less than 3 million years, as a …
- extinction eventsplural of extinction event: A sharp decrease in the total number of species in a relatively short period of time; specifically, a loss of ∼75% of all species on the planet over a geologically interval of less than 3 million years, as a …
- language extinctionlanguage death
- interstellar extinctionthe dimming of light from the stars due to absorption and scattering from dust in the interstellar medium
- extinction level eventSynonym of mass extinction: A sharp decrease in the total number of species in a relatively short period of time; specifically, a loss of ∼75% of all species on the planet over a geologically interval of less than 3 million years, as a …
- mass extinction eventOne of five historical events in which the Earth experienced a loss of ∼75% of all species over a geological interval of less than 3 million years, the most recent being the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago.
- Triassic-Jurassic extinction eventA mass extinction between the Triassic and Jurassic periods 201.3 million years ago.
- mass extinction eventsplural of mass extinction event: One of five historical events in which the Earth experienced a loss of ∼75% of all species over a geological interval of less than 3 million years, the most recent being the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction …
- K-T extinction eventCretaceous–Paleogene extinction event; the mass extinction marking the end of the Cretaceous period.
- extinction memoriesplural of extinction memory: A memory of a neutral or positive experience associated with a stimulus which was created after a negative experience and conditioned response toward that stimulus.
- extinction memoryA memory of a neutral or positive experience associated with a stimulus which was created after a negative experience and conditioned response toward that stimulus.
- extinction burstsplural of extinction burst: A sudden, temporary increase in a conditioned reflex while it is otherwise declining in frequency and before it reaches the point of extinction.
- extinction level eventsplural of extinction level event: A sharp decrease in the total number of species in a relatively short period of time; specifically, a loss of ∼75% of all species on the planet over a geologically interval of less than 3 million years, as …
- partial discharge extinction voltageThe highest voltage where partial discharge starts to cease to occur.
Compound words 8
- extinctionistAn advocate of extinctionism.
- unextinctionThe process of bringing an extinct species back into existence.
- extinctionismThe belief that only the extinction of humanity will lead to the recovery of the Earth's environment.
- hemiextinctionextinction in one eye, or on one side of the body
- nonextinctionLack of extinction; failure to become extinct.
- pseudoextinctionphyletic extinction; the situation where all members of a species are extinct, but members of a daughter species remain alive
- semiextinctionNear-extinction; the property of being semiextinct.
- extinctionistsplural of extinctionist: An advocate of extinctionism.