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mass extinction

mass extinction noun: a sharp decrease in the total number of species in a relatively short period of time; specifically, a loss of ∼75% of all species on the planet over a geologically interval of less than 3 million years, as a result of a mass extinction event.

Noun

mass extinction (countable and uncountable, plural mass extinctions)

  1. (evolutionary theory) A sharp decrease in the total number of species in a relatively short period of time; specifically, a loss of ∼75% of all species on the planet over a geologically interval of less than 3 million years, as a result of a mass extinction event.
    • Preceded by five other mass extinctions and many more small extinction events, the mass extinction currently underway is, on the one hand, like all the others in that it is nothing other than a significant reduction in the number of individual organisms inhabiting the planet and at the same time a...2020, Jonathan Elmore, editor, Fiction and the Sixth Mass Extinction, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 4

mass extinction meaning in Tamil

mass extinction in Tamil

திரள் அழிமானம்

Synonyms of mass extinction

Forms of mass extinction

pluralmass extinctions

Words formed from mass extinction

Questions about mass extinction

What does mass extinction mean?
Mass extinction means a sharp decrease in the total number of species in a relatively short period of time; specifically, a loss of ∼75% of all species on the planet over a geologically interval of less than 3 million years, as a result of a mass extinction event.
What is mass extinction in Tamil?
Mass extinction in Tamil is திரள் அழிமானம். See Mass extinction meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mass extinction?
Mass extinction is a noun.
What is the plural of mass extinction?
The plural of mass extinction is mass extinctions.

Words near mass extinction in the dictionary

  1. mass drivers
  2. mass effect
  3. mass effects
  4. mass energies
  5. mass energy
  6. mass extinction
  7. mass extinction event
  8. mass extinction events
  9. mass extinctions
  10. mass favourite
  11. mass finishing

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