How to pronounce “extinction”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• 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.

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