attenuated
weakened: My father had a somewhat attenuated relationship with his own family, as his childhood was quite traumatic.
thin; slender or fine: Images of the conjoined twins’ brains reveal an attenuated line stretching between the two organs, called a thalamic bridge.
Bacteriology, Immunology. (of a strain of disease-causing virus or bacterium) rendered less virulent: The attenuated poliovirus in the Sabin vaccine replicates very efficiently in the gut, but less so in the nervous system.
Electronics. (of an electronic signal) reduced in amplitude: Accuracy decreases in the case of reflected or attenuated signals—for example, inside buildings.
the simple past tense and past participle of attenuate.
Origin of attenuated
1Other words from attenuated
- sub·at·ten·u·at·ed, adjective
- un·at·ten·u·at·ed, adjective
- un·at·ten·u·at·ed·ly, adverb
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How to use attenuated in a sentence
We live in an era of shortened attention spans and attenuated half-lives for products, companies, and business models.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Finally Out After a 13-Year Reign | Daniel Gross | August 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHis cropped leather jackets with their dolman sleeves were perfectly proportioned over his attenuated, back-slit skirts.
Paris Fall 2012 Fashion Week: Are Designers Bashing Women? | Robin Givhan | March 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSuch of the sound waves is pass through the second nick will become attenuated in charging the chamber B.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerBeneath those robes must have been a body as attenuated as a skeleton, as different as an insect's from man's.
Valley of the Croen | Lee TarbellDr. Henry Brodrick was a tall, attenuated John, with a slightly, ever so slightly receding chin.
The Creators | May Sinclair
Sahib, what could my attenuated and wasted frame do against men who had suffered no misery like mine?
Confessions of a Thug | Philip Meadows TaylorHarvey glanced rather contemptuously at the lean, attenuated arm that the other displayed, where he had rolled his cuffs back.
The Rival Campers Afloat | Ruel Perley Smith
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