- at·ten·u·ateattenuate (verb) · attenuates (third person present) · attenuated (past tense) · attenuated (past participle) · attenuating (present participle)
- reduce the force, effect, or value of:"this research provides a glimmer of hope that coral reefs can attenuate the effects of ocean acidification"
- reduce the amplitude of (a signal, electric current, or other oscillation):"the filter must severely attenuate frequencies above 10 Hz"
- reduce the virulence of (a pathogenic organism), especially when preparing a vaccine:"the first live vaccine was insufficiently attenuated and produced a significant disease"
- reduce in thickness; make thin.
Originmid 16th century: from Latin attenuat- ‘made slender’, from the verb attenuare, from ad- ‘to’ + tenuare ‘make thin’ (from tenuis ‘thin’).Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- reduce the force, effect, or value of:
- reduce the amplitude of (a signal, electric current, or other oscillation):
- reduce in thickness; make thin.
adjective- reduced in force, effect, or physical thickness:
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