Attenuated
adj, verb
adj, verb ·5 syllables ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of attenuate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation.
"attenuated power"
- 2 Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation.; Weakened, usually in a way that includes nonreplicating status.
"Near-synonym: nonreplicating (often synonymous)"
- 3 Long and tapering (especially of leaves)
Adjective
- 1 reduced in strength wordnet
- 2 of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion wordnet
Example
More examples"The brightness of the sunlight is attenuated quickly as it passes through the water."