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Meaning of 'attenuation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Attenuation [ n.]
- The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.
- The act of attenuating; the act of making thin or less dense, or of rarefying, as fluids or gases.
- The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation of virus.

Meaning of 'attenuation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . attenuation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- weakening in force or intensity
Example in sentence:
  • attenuation in the volume of the sound

Nearby Words:

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  • Attenuation
    The degradation or distortion of an electronic signal as it travels from its origin, is called attenuation.

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