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   Attenuated

   /əˈtenyəˌwādəd/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having been reduced in force, effect, or value: "it appears likely that the courts will be given an attenuated role in the enforcement of these decisions" Similar weakenedreducedlesseneddecreaseddiminishedimpairedenervatedOpposite strengthened
   • ▪ (of a signal, electric current, or other oscillation) reduced in amplitude: "weak or attenuated signals"
   • ▪ (of a pathogenic organism) reduced in virulence, especially for use as a vaccine: "attenuated strains of rabies virus"
   • 2. thin or reduced in thickness: "his attenuated fingers" Similar thinslenderslimskinnyspindlybonygauntskeletalnarrowthreadlikethinned downstretched outdrawn outrare:extenuatedattenuateOpposite plumpbroad

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   What does attenuate mean?

   • From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English at‧ten‧u‧ate /əˈtenjueɪt/ verb [ transitive] formal to make something weaker or less an attenuated form of the polio virus → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus attenuate • A few minutes of rest, and he recovered his oxygen level, although something within felt attenuated.

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   Where does the word attenuated come from?

   • The word "attenuated" derives from a combination of the Latin prefix "ad-" meaning "to" or "toward" and "tenuis" meaning "thin." Could I have CAD?

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   What does it mean to attenuate a risk?

   • To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it. You could never eliminate risk, but preparation and training could attenuate it. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. 4. Electronics 5. Microbiology 6. 7. 8. Botany Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   What is attenuation in Electrical Engineering?

   • Attenuation. More complicated situations occur with guided waves, such as acoustic waves in pipes or electromagnetic waves in transmission lines or waveguides, where absorption may take place and irregularities may cause reflection of some power. In electric circuits, constituent elements are often described as attenuators when they reduce...

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   1 day ago · transitive verb. 1. to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value. to attenuate desire. 2. to make thin; make slender or fine. 3. Bacteriology & Immunology. to render less virulent, as a strain of pathogenic virus or bacterium.

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   verb. Simple past tense and past participle of attenuate. Wiktionary. Synonyms: debilitated. devitalized. enervated. enfeebled. undermined. undone. weakened. sapped. cut. thinned. watered. diluted. rarefied. constricted. decreased. Antonyms: strengthened. expanded. intensified. increased. adjective. Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation.

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   attenuate meaning, definition, what is attenuate: to make something weaker or less: Learn more.

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   to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value: to attenuate desire. to make thin; make slender or fine. Immunology [Bacteriol., Immunol.] to render less virulent, as a strain of pathogenic virus or bacterium. Electronics to decrease the amplitude of (an electronic signal). v.i. to become thin or fine; lessen. adj. weakened ...