attenuate
verb (used with object)
to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value.
attenuates
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present tense formof attenuate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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"Sound attenuates with distance, so at one metre away, the amplitude is around 108 decibels."
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2024
Based on this, they hypothesized that DOP activation by KNT-127 suppresses glutamatergic transmission and attenuates PL-BLA-mediated anxiety-like behavior.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2024
Daniel’s production honors this to a degree, but the ensemble casting attenuates the effect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
This creates a soft halo that attenuates the contrast between the light source and the surrounding darkness.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2017
Do you remember my telling you that I thought the force of her surroundings would obscure the pure daylight of her spirit, as a monkish window of coloured images attenuates the rays of God's sun?
From A Laodicean : a Story of To-day by Thomas Hardy
