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How to pronounce attenuate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms rarefy
Type of weaken
Derivation attenuation
Type Words
Synonyms attenuated, faded, weakened
Type Words
Type of weaken
Has types refine
Derivation attenuation, attenuator

Examples of attenuate

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An emulsion of fat was also used to attenuate, or absorb, the acoustical signal.
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Fifth, general-equilibrium considerations then attenuate or amplify this drop.
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Third, general-equilibrium considerations then attenuate or amplify this drop.
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Some construction materials very rapidly attenuate cell phone signal strength.
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Now they want to change the CPI again, to further attenuate Social Security payouts.
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It's very thin and does not cushion the floor or attenuate sound to any great degree.
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It seemed that Rove was trying to attenuate and flesh out the natural base.
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Custer had ordered the M1860 sabers left behind to reduce weight and attenuate noise.
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Surfactants may have a clinical application to attenuate gas embolism-induced clotting.
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More examples
  • Reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"
  • Rarefy: weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
  • Become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
  • (attenuated) of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion
  • (attenuation) weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound"
  • (attenuation) the property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density
  • In physics, attenuation (in some contexts also called extinction) is the gradual loss in intensity of any kind of flux through a medium. For instance, sunlight is attenuated by dark glasses, X-rays are attenuated by lead, and light and sound are attenuated while passing through water.
  • (Attenuation (biology)) The attenuator plays an important regulatory role in prokaryotic cells because of the absence of the nucleus in prokaryotic organisms. ...
  • (Attenuation (brewing)) Attenuation is the percentage that measures the conversion of sugars into alcohol and CO2 by the fermentation process. The percentage is calculated by comparing weight or specific gravity of the extract before and after fermentation.