Associations to the word «Attenuate»
Noun
- Vaccine
- Apex
- Fourier
- Spectroscopy
- Influenza
- Agonist
- Virus
- Morphine
- Opioid
- Filter
- Forewing
- Amplitude
- Photon
- Db
- Acronym
- Whorl
- Streak
- Vaccination
- Absorption
- Waveguide
- Strain
- Frequency
- Flair
- Signal
- Inhibition
- Inversion
- Signaling
- Apoptosis
- Abbreviation
- Stimulation
- Reflection
- Phosphorylation
- Propagation
- Scattering
- Inflammation
- Wavelength
- Circumference
- Raman
- Pathogen
- Activation
- Cine
- Immunity
- Dose
- Radiation
- Receptor
- Spectrometry
- Extremity
- Transform
- Khz
- Subunit
- Periphery
- Antagonist
- Costa
- Regression
- Neuron
- Antigen
- Coefficient
- Uv
- Insertion
- Inhibitor
- Chromatography
- Gamma
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
ATTENUATE, verb. (transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
ATTENUATE, verb. (transitive) To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
ATTENUATE, verb. (transitive) To weaken.
ATTENUATE, verb. (transitive) To rarefy.
ATTENUATE, verb. (transitive) (medicine) To reduce the virulence of a bacteria or virus.
ATTENUATE, verb. (transitive) (electronics) To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.
ATTENUATE, adjective. (botany) (of leaves) Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base.
Dictionary definition
ATTENUATE, verb. Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance).
ATTENUATE, verb. Become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude.
ATTENUATE, adjective. Reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.