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AttenuateAttenuate At*ten"u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attenuated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Attenuating.] [L. attenuatus, p. p. of
attenuare; ad + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See
Thin.]
1. To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical
action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of
starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.
2. To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or
dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the
humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts.
3. To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less
complex; to weaken.
To undersell our rivals . . . has led the
manufacturer to . . . attenuate his processes, in
the allotment of tasks, to an extreme point. --I.
Taylor.
We may reject and reject till we attenuate history
into sapless meagerness. --Sir F.
Palgrave. Attenuate
Attenuate At*ten"u*ate, v. i.
To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts.
--Coleridge.
Attenuate
Attenuate At*ten"u*ate, Attenuated At*ten"u*a`ted, a. [L.
attenuatus, p. p.]
1. Made thin or slender.
2. Made thin or less viscid; rarefied. --Bacon.
Meaning of attenuates from wikipedia
- gl****es
attenuate sunlight, lead
attenuates X-rays, and
water and air
attenuate both
light and
sound at
variable attenuation rates.
Hearing protectors help...
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Attenuator could mean:
Attenuator (electronics), an
electronic device that
reduces the
amplitude of an
electronic signal.
Optical attenuator, an electronic...
- An
attenuated vaccine (or a live
attenuated vaccine, LAV) is a
vaccine created by
reducing the
virulence of a pathogen, but
still keeping it
viable (or...
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Anelastic attenuation factor, a way to
describe attenuation of
seismic energy in the
Earth Attenuation (or verb
attenuate) may also
refer to:
Attenuation (botany)...
- A
sound attenuator, or duct silencer,
sound trap, or muffler, is a
noise control acoustical treatment of
Heating Ventilating and Air-Conditioning (HVAC)...
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Attenuation distortion is the
distortion of an
analog signal that
occurs during transmission when the
transmission medium does not have a flat frequency...
- An
optical attenuator, or
fiber optic attenuator, is a
device used to
reduce the
power level of an
optical signal,
either in free
space or in an optical...
- In acoustics,
acoustic attenuation is a
measure of the
energy loss of
sound propagation through an
acoustic transmission medium. Most
media have viscosity...
- The
linear attenuation coefficient,
attenuation coefficient, or narrow-beam
attenuation coefficient characterizes how
easily a
volume of
material can be...
- An
impact attenuator, also
known as a
crash cushion,
crash attenuator, or
cowboy cushion, is a
device intended to
reduce the
damage to structures, vehicles...
