Definitions from Wiktionary (attenuate)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To become thin or fine; to grow less.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To weaken.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To rarefy.
▸ verb:  (transitive, medicine) To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.
▸ verb:  (transitive, electronics) To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.
▸ verb:  (brewing) (of a beer) To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol.
▸ adjective:  (botany, of leaves) Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base.
▸ Also see attenuate




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