Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Extinction (-'s)
extinction (-'s), n. [see extinct, adj.]
- Destruction; loss of being; suppression of being; [fig.] death.
- End; disappearance; death; [fig.] eclipse; obscuring; darkening; quenching of light; extinguishing of radiant energy.
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