extinction : Idioms & Phrases


angle of extinction

  • noun the angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized light
    angle of extinction.
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experimental extinction

  • noun a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
    extinction.
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extinction angle

  • noun the angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized light
    angle of extinction.
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