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
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.