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Webster 1913 Edition
Attenuation
At-tenˊu-a′tion
,Noun.
[L.
attenuatio
: cf. F. atténuation
.] 1.
The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.
2.
The act of attenuating; the act of making thin or less dense, or of rarefying, as fluids or gases.
3.
The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence;
as, the
. attenuation
of virusWebster 1828 Edition
Attenuation
ATTENUA'TION
, n.1.
The act of making thin, as fluids; as the attenuation of the humors.2.
The act of making fine, by comminution, or attrition.The action of the air facilitates the attenuation of these rocks.
3.
The act or process of making slender, thin or lean.Definition 2024
attenuation
attenuation
See also: atténuation
English
Noun
attenuation (plural attenuations)
- A gradual diminishing in the strength of something.
- (physics) A reduction in the level of some property with distance, especially the amplitude of a wave or the strength of a signal.
- (biology) A weakening in the virulence of a pathogen or other microorganism.
- (botany) The tapering of a leaf etc to a fine point.
- (engineering) A fabrication process in which a material is stretched out into a thin shape.
Translations
a gradual diminishing in the strength
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a reduction in the level of some property with distance