Extinction (disambiguation)
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Extinction usually refers to the extinction of species in biology, and may also refer to:
- Extinction (astronomy), the gradual reddening and dimming of light as it passes through gas and dust
- Extinction (psychology), the process by which learned associations are actively forgotten
- "Extinction" (Enterprise episode), a third season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
- Extinction coefficient, in optics, a measure of how well a material absorbs electromagnetic radiation
- Resident Evil: Extinction, a 2007 film starring Milla Jovovich and Sienna Guillory
Extinction and extinct are also used to refer to:
- an inactive volcano
- a hereditary title all of whose possible heirs have died
- Fanaa (Sufism), the extinction of the self in Sufi mysticism
