Plural of extinction

regular plural

The plural of extinction is extinctions.

Forms of extinction

There is evidence of mass extinctions in the distant past.From the entry mass
Three of the great extinctions appear to have occurred during cold episodes and two during hot episodes.2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry episode
The mbunas have suffered such local extinctions for a number of reasons.2014, Steve Donda, Fragmentation of Resource Management on the South East Arm of Lake Malawi: Dynamics Around Fisheries. From the entry mbuna
They closely resemble the famed American Clovis points, which are associated with large mammal extinctions across the North American continent.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 219. From the entry Clovis point
Already, Griffith has observed several amphibian extinctions.2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 1, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company. From the entry herpetologist

noun The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
noun The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.
noun The inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously.

What is the plural of extinction?: The plural of extinction is extinctions.
Is extinction countable?: Extinction is a countable and uncountable noun.

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