attenuate
IPA: ʌtˈɛnjueɪt
verb
- (transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
- (transitive) To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
- (intransitive) To become thin or fine; to grow less.
- (transitive) To weaken.
- (transitive) To rarefy.
- (transitive, medicine) To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.
- (transitive, electronics) To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.
- (brewing) (of a beer) To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol.
adjective
- (botany, of leaves) Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base.
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Examples of "attenuate" in Sentences
- The lamina is abruptly attenuate towards the base.
- The liquid is being attenuated with other materials.
- Absorption attenuates the secondary X rays leaving the sample.
- A TGE virus is attenuated in organ culture of the colon of swine.
- The base of the lamina is gradually attenuate towards the petiole.
- Such horizontal wheel compliance attenuates the shock of the impact.
- The downward airflow velocity is insufficient to attenuate the filaments.
- In the ideal wire approximation, the signal is not attenuated or distorted.