extinction
has definitions from the fields of psychology,education,physics
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[ noun ] (psychology,education) a learning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
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[ noun ] complete annihilation
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[ noun ] (physics) the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
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[ noun ] no longer in existence
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[ noun ] the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
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