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attenuation
n. reduction; weakening; decrease; diminution; being weakened; weakening of a signal as the length of a network cable increases (Computers)

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Attenuation
In physics, attenuation (in some contexts also called extinction) is the gradual loss in intensity of any kind of flux through a medium. For instance, dark glasses attenuate sunlight, lead attenuates X-rays, and water attenuates both light and sound.

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attenuation
Noun
1. weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound"
(synonym) fading
(hypernym) weakening
(derivation) attenuate
2. the property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density
(hypernym) weakness
(derivation) rarefy, attenuate


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atténuation
nf. attenuation, extenuation; dimming, mitigation

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Attenuation
(n.)
The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation of virus.
  
 
(n.)
The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.
  
 
(n.)
The act of attenuating; the act of making thin or less dense, or of rarefying, as fluids or gases.
  

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