Attenuated
[ə'tɛnjuetɪd]
Definition
(adj.) of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Attenuate
(a.) Made thin or slender.
(a.) Made thin or less viscid; rarefied.
Checker: Marie
Examples
- He pictured to himself a youth, whose eyes sparkled with genius, whose person was attenuated by famine. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Hens that had not had chicken cholera could be rendered immune by a series of attenuated inoculations gradually increasing in strength. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The inoculations of th e attenuated virus began at once. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- As I turned from the door, I saw Merrival, or rather the shadow of Merrival, attenuated and wild, pass me, and sit on the steps of his home. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If she had had a little more self-control she would have attenuated the emotion to nothing by sheer reasoning, and so have killed it off. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Checker: Marie