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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...
- Look up
attenuation,
attenuate, or
attenuator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Attenuation is the
gradual loss in
intensity of any kind of flux through...
- 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 physics, the
attenuation length or
absorption length is the
distance λ into a
material when the
probability has
dropped to 1/e that a
particle has...
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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...
- into alcohol. A more
attenuated beer is
drier and more
alcoholic than a less
attenuated beer made from the same wort.
Attenuation can be
quantified by...
- The
linear attenuation coefficient,
attenuation coefficient, or narrow-beam
attenuation coefficient characterizes how
easily a
volume of
material can be...
- An
attenuator is a p****ive
broadband electronic device that
reduces the
power of a
signal without appreciably distorting its waveform. An
attenuator is...
