Extinction tarimas:

/iks'tiɳkʃn/

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Žodžio paaiškinimas anglų kalba:

• noun: The act of extinguishing.
• noun: The condition of being extinguished.
• noun: The fact of being extinct or the process of becoming extinct: "The most effective agent in the extinction of species is the pressure of other species” ( Alfred R. Wallace).
• noun: Psychology A reduction or a loss in the strength or rate of a conditioned response when the unconditioned stimulus or reinforcement is withheld.
• noun: Physiology A gradual decrease in the excitability of a nerve to a previously adequate stimulus, usually resulting in total loss of excitability.

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