Attenuator

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any device that attenuates a signal, but especially an electronic device that reduces the amplitude of a signal
  2. 2
    an electrical device for attenuating the strength of an electrical signal wordnet
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of impact attenuator or crash attenuator. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Etymology

From attenuate + -or.

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