Attenuate Definition

ə-tĕnyo͝o-āt
attenuated, attenuates, attenuating
verb
attenuated, attenuates
To make slender, fine, or small.
The drought attenuated the river to a narrow channel.
American Heritage
To make slender or thin.
Webster's New World
To become thin, weak, etc.
Webster's New World
To dilute or rarefy.
Webster's New World
To lessen in severity, value, amount, intensity, etc.; weaken.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Attenuated.
Webster's New World
Tapering gradually to a point, as the base of a leaf.
Webster's New World
Reduced or weakened, as in strength, value, or virulence.
American Heritage Medicine
Gradually tapering to a slender point.
American Heritage Medicine

(botany, of leaves) Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base.

Wiktionary
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Origin of Attenuate

  • Latin attenuāre attenuāt- ad- ad- tenuāre to make thin (from tenuis thin ten- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin attenuāre, from attenuāt-, at- = ad-, ad- (“to”) + tenuāre (“to make thin”), tenuis (“thin”).

    From Wiktionary

Attenuate Sentence Examples

  • Attenuate lines become sunbeams and grass, splotches of color are read as flowers and lakes.

  • Especially particles near the viewer do not attenuate the light coming from particles far away from the viewer.

  • Supplementation was found to significantly attenuate the O 3 -induced decrements in lung function in both studies.

  • They would obviously react against the feeling known as " esprit de frontiere," and diminish the danger of incidents arising out of this feeling, and might attenuate the rivalry of neighbouring counter-armaments.

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