Words Like ATTENUATION

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ATTENUATION.

2 Alternative Words Similar to attenuation

1 Fading Noun      Synonym Words Like Fading
2 Emaciation Noun      Synonym Words Like Emaciation

1 examples of attenuation

1 the attenuation of virus

10 definitions of attenuation

1 The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.
2 The act of attenuating; the act of making thin or less dense, or of rarefying, as fluids or gases.
3 The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence.
4 the property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density
5 weakening in force or intensity
6 The act or process of making slender, thin, or lean; the state of being thin; emaciation; reduced thickness or proportions.
7 The act of making fine by comminution or attrition.
8 The act or process of lessening in complexity or intensity; reduction of force, strength, or energy; specifically, in homeopathy, the reduction of the active principle of medicines to minute or infinitesimal doses.
9 The act of making thin or thinner, as a fluid, or the state of being thin or thinned; diminution of density or viscidity: as, the attenuation of the humors; specifically, in brewing and distilling, the thinning or clarifying of saccharine worts by the conversion of the sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.
10 In electricity: The decrease of telephonic currents with increasing distance, due to the absorption of current by the electrostatic capacity of the telephone line.
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