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attenuation

[ uh-ten-yoo-ey-shuhn ]
/ əˌtɛn yuˈeɪ ʃən /
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noun
the act of attenuating or the state of being attenuated.
the process by which a virus, bacterium, etc., changes under laboratory conditions to become harmless or less virulent.
Physics. a decrease in a property, as energy, per unit area of a wave or a beam of particles, occurring as the distance from the source increases as a result of absorption, scattering, spreading in three dimensions, etc.
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Origin of attenuation

1585–95; (<Middle French ) <Latin attenuātiōn- (stem of attenuātiō). See attenuate, -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM attenuation

sub·at·ten·u·a·tion, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for attenuation

attenuation
/ (əˌtɛnjʊˈeɪʃən) /

noun
the act of attenuating or the state of being attenuated
the loss of energy suffered by radiation as it passes through matter, esp as a result of absorption or scattering
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