Definition of attenuate Attenuate

/ʌtɛˈnjuejˌt/ - [utenyueyt] - at•ten•u•ate

We found 18 definitions of attenuate from 6 different sources.

What does attenuate mean?

Verb attenuates, attenuating, attenuated
attenuate - become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
		weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
		refine make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation"
attenuate - weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
		rarefy
		weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
		chemical science, chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
Adjective
attenuate - reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"
		attenuated, faded, weakened

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attenuate (Verb)
To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
attenuate (Verb)
To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
attenuate (Verb)
To weaken.
attenuate (Verb)
To rarefy.
attenuate (Verb)
To reduce the virulence of a bacteria or virus.
attenuate (Verb)
To reduce the amplitude of an electrical signal.
attenuate (Adjective)
Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base.

attenuate (v. t.)
To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.
attenuate (v. t.)
To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts.
attenuate (v. t.)
To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.
attenuate (v. i.)
To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
attenuate (a.)
Alt. of Attenuated

attenuate
at-ten′ū-āt, v.t. to make thin or lean: to break down into finer parts: to reduce in density: reduce in strength or value, simplify.—v.i. to become thin or fine: to grow less.—n. Atten′uant, anything possessing this property.—adjs. Atten′uate, Atten′uated, made thin or slender: dilute, rarefied:—n. Attenuā′tion, process of making slender: reduction of intensity, density, or force: specially in homeopathy, the reduction of the active principles of medicines to minute doses. [L. attenuāre, -ātum—ad, to, tenuis, thin.]

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