different between demolition vs extinction
demolition
English
Etymology
From Old French demolition, from Latin d?m?l?ti? "a tearing down".
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?m.??l???n/
Noun
demolition (countable and uncountable, plural demolitions)
- The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.
Translations
Anagrams
- tolimidone
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extinction
English
Etymology
From late Middle English, borrowed from Latin extinctio (“extinction, annihilation”), from extinguere, past participle extinctus (“to extinguish”); see extinguish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?st??k??n/
Noun
extinction (countable and uncountable, plural extinctions)
- The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
- (astronomy) The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.
- (pathology) The inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously.
- (psychology) The fading of a conditioned response over time if it is not reinforced.
Related terms
- extinctionism
- extinctionist
- extinct
- extinguish
- hemiextinction
Translations
References
- extinction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- extinction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- ctenitoxin
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin extincti?, extincti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k.st??k.sj??/
Noun
extinction f (plural extinctions)
- extinction
Related terms
- éteint
Further reading
- “extinction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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- what extinction period are we in
- what extinction is
- what extinction event allowed dinosaurs to flourish
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