English-Thai Dictionary

extinct

ADJ สูญพันธุ์  ไม่มี เหลืออยู่  vanished sun-pan

 

extinction

N การสูญพันธุ์  nonexistence kan-sun-pan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXTINCT

a.[L. extinctus. See Extinguish. ] 1. Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, fire, light or a lamp is extinct.
2. Being at an end; having no survivor; as, a family or race is extinct.
3. Being at an end; having ceased. The enmity between the families is extinct.
My days are extinct. Job 17:1.
4. Being at an end, by abolition or disuse; having no force; as, the law is extinct.

 

EXTINCTION

n.[L. extinctio. See Extinguish. ] 1. The act of putting out or destroying light or fire, by quenching, suffocation or otherwise.
2. The state of being extinguished, quenched or suffocated; as the extinction of fire or of a candle.
3. Destruction; excision; as the extinction of nations.
4. Destruction; suppression; a putting an end to; as the extinction of life, or of a family; the extinction of feuds, jealousies or enmity; the extinction of a claim.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXTINCT

Ex *tinct ", a. Etym: [L. extinctus, exstinctus, p. p. of extinguere,exstinguere. See Extinguish. ]

 

1. Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano. Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct. Milton.

 

2. Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law.

 

EXTINCT

EXTINCT Ex *tinct ", v. t.

 

Defn: To cause to be extinct. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

EXTINCTION

Ex *tinc "tion, n. Etym: [L. extinctio, exstinction: cf. F.extinction. ]

 

1. The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.

 

2. State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

extinct

ex tinct |ikˈstiNG (k )t ɪkˈstɪŋ (k )t | ▶adjective (of a species, family, or other larger group ) having no living members: trilobites and dinosaurs are extinct. • no longer in existence: an extinct language | the sort of girls' school that is now extinct. • (of a volcano ) not having erupted in recorded history. • no longer burning: his now extinct pipe. • (of a title of nobility ) having no qualified claimant. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘no longer alight ’): from Latin exstinct- ‘extinguished, ’ from the verb exstinguere (see extinguish ).

 

extinction

ex tinc tion |ikˈstiNG (k )SHən ɪkˈstɪŋ (k )ʃən | ▶noun 1 the state or process of a species, family, or larger group being or becoming extinct: the extinction of the great auk | mass extinctions. • the wiping out of a debt. 2 Physics reduction in the intensity of light or other radiation as it passes through a medium or object, due to absorption, reflection, and scattering: ultraviolet extinction. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin exstinctio (n- ), from exstinguere ‘quench ’ (see extinguish ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

extinct

ex |tinct |ɪkˈstɪŋkt, ɛk- | ▶adjective 1 (of a species, family, or other larger group ) having no living members: trilobites and dinosaurs are extinct. • no longer in existence: an extinct language | the sort of girls' school that is now extinct. • (of a title of nobility ) having no valid claimant. 2 (of a volcano ) not having erupted in recorded history. • no longer alight: his now extinct pipe. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘no longer alight ’): from Latin exstinct- ‘extinguished ’, from the verb exstinguere (see extinguish ).

 

extinction

ex |tinc |tion |ɪkˈstɪŋ (k )ʃ (ə )n, ɛk- | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the state or process of being or becoming extinct: the extinction of the great auk | [ count noun ] : mass extinctions. • the wiping out of a debt. 2 Physics reduction to zero in the intensity of light or other radiation as it passes through a medium, due to absorption, reflection, or scattering. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin exstinctio (n- ), from exstinguere ‘quench ’ (see extinguish ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

extinct

extinct adjective 1 an extinct species: vanished, lost, died out, no longer existing, no longer extant, wiped out, destroyed, gone. ANTONYMS extant. 2 an extinct volcano: inactive. ANTONYMS dormant.

 

extinction

extinction noun efforts to save the California condor from extinction: dying out, disappearance, vanishing; extermination, destruction, elimination, eradication, annihilation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

extinct

extinct adjective 1 an extinct species: vanished, lost, died out, dead, defunct, no longer existing, no longer extant, wiped out, destroyed, exterminated, gone. ANTONYMS extant; living. 2 an extinct volcano: inactive, old, former, no longer active. ANTONYMS active; dormant.

 

extinction

extinction noun the sudden extinction of the mammoths: dying out, disappearance, vanishing, death; extermination, destruction, elimination, eradication, annihilation.

 

French Dictionary

extincteur

extincteur n. m. nom masculin Appareil qui sert à éteindre les commencements d ’incendie. : Des extincteurs à neige carbonique.

 

extinction

extinction n. f. nom féminin 1 Action d ’éteindre. : L ’extinction d ’un incendie. 2 Disparition. : L ’extinction d ’une espèce. Un oiseau en voie d ’extinction. LOCUTION Extinction de voix. Perte temporaire de la voix. Prononciation Le c se prononce, [ɛkstɛ̃ksjɔ̃ ] Note Orthographique extin ct ion.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

extinct

ex tinct /ɪkstɪ́ŋ (k )t, eks- /形容詞 1 〈動植物 種族などが 〉絶滅した, 死に絶えた ; 〈家系などが 〉断絶した ; 〈生活様式などが 〉廃れた ▸ become extinct 絶滅する 2 〈火 明かり 希望などが 〉消えた, 絶えた (dead ); 〈火山が 〉活動をやめた (→active , dormant )▸ Our last hope was extinct 我々の最後の希望は消えてしまった

 

extinction

ex t í nc tion 名詞 U 1 (種族などの )絶滅, 消滅, 死滅 ; (家系などの )断絶 ; (生活様式などが )廃れること .2 ｟かたく ｠消える [消す ]こと .