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attenuate
[ verb uh-ten-yoo-eyt; adjective uh-ten-yoo-it, -eyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value:
to attenuate desire.
- to make thin; make slender or fine.
- Bacteriology, Immunology. to render less virulent, as a strain of pathogenic virus or bacterium.
- Electronics. to decrease the amplitude of (an electronic signal):
A splitter will attenuate your output.
verb (used without object)
- to become thin, fine, or weak; lessen:
Over the years, my anger at my family attenuated and I was able to acknowledge the strengths they had given me.
adjective
- weakened; diminishing.
- Botany. tapering gradually to a narrow extremity.
attenuate
verb
- to weaken or become weak; reduce in size, strength, density, or value
- to make or become thin or fine; extend
- tr to make (a pathogenic bacterium, virus, etc) less virulent, as by culture in special media or exposure to heat
adjective
- diluted, weakened, slender, or reduced
- botany tapering gradually to a point
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辞路惫别谤路补迟路迟别苍路耻路补迟别 verb (used with object) overattenuated overattenuating
- 蝉耻产路补迟路迟别苍路耻路补迟别 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of attenuate1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of attenuate1
Example Sentences
The measles virus is attenuated in the MMR vaccine, meaning that it has been altered to produce the appropriate immune response without triggering the disease itself.
He recognized that if the United States were to have any meaningful relationship with Latin America, we needed to attenuate our colonialism, so he pushed through the ratification of the Panama Canal treaties.
Only a 鈥渘ear-peer鈥 competitor was needed to turn that attenuating U.S. global hegemony into accelerating imperial decline.
Over a professional career attenuated by injuries, he earned a Most Valuable Player Award and championship titles with the Portland Trail Blazers and the Boston Celtics.
"Seismic waves attenuate rapidly for distances away from the source, and therefore have limited resolution when they reach the depths of interest."
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