Extinction (disambiguation)

Extinction or extinct may refer to:

In science:

* In the physical sciences, extinction is another word for the attenuation of radiation by absorption and/or scattering.
** Extinction coefficient, a measure of how well a material attenuates radiation.
** Extinction (astronomy), the gradual reddening and dimming of light as it passes through gas and dust.
** Undulose extinction, a geological term referring to the type of extinction that occurs in certain minerals under cross polarized light.
*Extinction (biology, palaeontology) is the cessation of existence of a species or group of taxa, reducing biodiversity.
**Holocene extinction event, the ongoing wave of extinctions coinciding with the rise of humans.
** List of extinct animals
** List of extinct plants
* Extinction (psychology), the process by which learned behaviors cease to be reinforced and reduce in frequency.
* Visual extinction, a neurological disorder.
* For the process of a language becoming extinct, see Language death, Extinct language and Language shift.

In Television:

* "Extinct" (TV series) a TV series about endangered species on ITV1.
* "Extinct" (2001 TV series) a TV series about extinct species on Channel 4.
* "Extinction" ("Enterprise" episode), a third season episode of "Star Trek: Enterprise"
* "Extinction" ("Smallville" episode), the third episode of the third season of the WB original series, "Smallville"

In Movies:
* "", a 2007 film starring Milla Jovovich

* "", the first Alien vs. Predator game released for PlayStation 2 and Xbox

In Books:
* "Extinction" (novel), a fantasy novel by Lisa Smedman
* Extinction, a science fiction novel by Ray HammondIn other fields:

* Extinction (peerage), a peerage in the United Kingdom all of whose possible heirs have died
* Extinction (Sufism), to annihilate the self while remaining physically alive