Water will attenuate the signal.
Source: tatoeba (8860422)
Attenuate
//əˈten.jʉˌæɪt//
Synonyms for "attenuate" (164 found)
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42 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- намалявам verb (To reduce)
- отслабвам verb (To weaken)
- разреждам verb (To rarefy — see also rarefy)
Catalan
2 entries- atenuar verb (To reduce)
- atenuar verb (To weaken)
Dutch
1 entries- verzwakken verb (To weaken)
Esperanto
1 entries- atenui verb (To reduce)
Finnish
1 entries- suippotyvinen adj (botany: tapering towards the base)
French
1 entries- atténuer verb (To reduce)
Georgian
2 entries- მილევა verb (To reduce)
- მილევა verb (To weaken)
German
4 entries- abmagern verb (To reduce)
- abmildern verb (To weaken)
- abschwächen verb (To reduce)
- abschwächen verb (To weaken)
Norwegian
1 entries- svekke verb (To weaken)
Romanian
1 entries- atenua verb (To reduce)
Russian
1 entries- ослабля́ть verb (To weaken)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- oslabiti verb (To weaken)
- prorijediti verb (To rarefy — see also rarefy)
- razrijediti verb (To rarefy — see also rarefy)
- smanjiti verb (To reduce)
Spanish
2 entries- atenuar verb (To reduce)
- atenuar verb (To weaken)
Swedish
4 entries- förminska verb (To reduce)
- försvaga verb (To reduce)
- försvaga verb (To weaken)
- minska verb (To reduce)
Ukrainian
2 entries- розрі́джувати verb (To rarefy — see also rarefy)
- розріди́ти verb (To rarefy — see also rarefy)
Sample sentences
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Rousseff said that the intensity of Brazil's downturn caught her by surprise and that she would do "whatever it takes" to attenuate it.
Source: tatoeba (10194876)
He also pointed to a robust U.S. reconstruction effort in Iraq, which he said is beginning to improve the everyday lives of Iraqis and attenuate public sympathy for the insurgents.
Source: tatoeba (10194879)
A manor-house clock from the far depths of shadow struck the hour, one, in a small, attenuated tone.
Source: wiktionary
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