verb · transitive · rare

attenuate

at·ten·u·ate

attenuate · attenuates · attenuated · attenuating

розріджувати, розрідити

ослаблять

abschwächen, vermindern, dämpfen, mildern

To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degreeTo reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.

/əˈtɛn.juˌeɪt/

» The brightness of the sunlight is attenuated quickly as it passes through the water.

Meaning

8 senses

(transitive)To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
(transitive)To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
(intransitive)To become thin or fine; to grow less.
(transitive)To weaken.
abschwächen, mildern, abmildern
ослабля́тьoslabljátʹ
weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
(transitive)To rarefy.
verdünnen, evakuieren
розрі́джуватиrozrídžuvaty, розріди́тиrozridýty
(transitive)To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.
verringern, vermindern, abschwächen
(transitive)To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.
Of a beer, to become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol.

Examples

2 sentences

The brightness of the sunlight is attenuated quickly as it passes through the water.
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Water will attenuate the signal.
ruВода ослабит сигнал.
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Translations

5 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

To rarefy — see also rarefy:

Русский

By meaning 1

To weaken:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

To weaken:

To rarefy — see also rarefy:

To reduce:

Origin

The verb is first attested in 1530, the adjective in 1626; borrowed from Latin attenuātus,

The verb is first attested in 1530, the adjective in 1626; borrowed from Latin attenuātus, the perfect passive participle of attenuō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + tenuo (“to make thin”), itself from tenuis (“thin”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

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