Associations to the word «Attenuation»

Wiktionary

ATTENUATION, noun. A gradual diminishing in the strength of something.
ATTENUATION, noun. (physics) A reduction in the level of some property with distance, especially the amplitude of a wave or the strength of a signal.
ATTENUATION, noun. (biology) A weakening in the virulence of a pathogen or other microorganism.
ATTENUATION, noun. (botany) The tapering of a leaf etc to a fine point.
ATTENUATION, noun. (engineering) A fabrication process in which a material is stretched out into a thin shape.

Dictionary definition

ATTENUATION, noun. Weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound".
ATTENUATION, noun. The property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope