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attenuation

/uh-ten-yoo-ey-shuhn/US // əˌtɛn yuˈeɪ ʃən //UK // (əˌtɛnjʊˈeɪʃən) //

衰减,衰减量,衰减作用,衰变

Related Words

devitalization振兴,活化,脱胎换骨,贬值enfeeblement衰弱,衰竭,削弱,虚弱weakness弱点,虚弱,弱势,虚弱性depletion耗损,枯竭,损耗,消耗impoverishment贫穷化,贫困化,贫化,穷困潦倒fading褪色,褪色的,逐渐消失,褪变exhaustion衰竭,疲惫,疲惫不堪,竭尽所能weakening弱化,削弱,减弱,衰弱化

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of attenuating or the state of being attenuated.
    • : the process by which a virus, bacterium, etc., changes under laboratory conditions to become harmless or less virulent.
    • : Physics. a decrease in a property, as energy, per unit area of a wave or a beam of particles, occurring as the distance from the source increases as a result of absorption, scattering, spreading in three dimensions, etc.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundebilitation
Synonyms
depletion耗损,枯竭,损耗,消耗devitalization振兴,活化,脱胎换骨,贬值enfeeblement衰弱,衰竭,削弱,虚弱exhaustion衰竭,疲惫,疲惫不堪,竭尽所能fading褪色,褪色的,逐渐消失,褪变impoverishment贫穷化,贫困化,贫化,穷困潦倒weakening弱化,削弱,减弱,衰弱化weakness弱点,虚弱,弱势,虚弱性

Examples

  • There is no growth in the idea of god, there is only an attenuation.

  • It is to be given at the first attenuation three times daily in half gr.

  • The old man stared at this cynical announcement: he searched his visitor's face for some attenuation of the words.

  • Peter was pinguid, plump, and plethoric—she was thin to attenuation.

  • There was considerable attenuation of the walls of both auricles and ventricles.

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