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  Attenuate \At*ten"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attenuated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Attenuating.] [L. attenuatus, p. p. of
     attenuare; ad + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See
     Thin.]
     1. To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical
        action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of
        starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.
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     2. To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or
        dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the
        humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts.
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     3. To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less
        complex; to weaken.
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              To undersell our rivals . . . has led the
              manufacturer to . . . attenuate his processes, in
              the allotment of tasks, to an extreme point. --I.
                                                    Taylor.
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              We may reject and reject till we attenuate history
              into sapless meagerness.              --Sir F.
                                                    Palgrave.
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  Attenuate \At*ten"u*ate\, Attenuated \At*ten"u*a`ted\, a. [L.
     attenuatus, p. p.]
     1. Made thin or slender.
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     2. Made thin or less viscid; rarefied. --Bacon.
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  decreased \decreased\ adj.
     made less in size or amount or degree. Opposite of
     increased. [Narrower terms: attenuate, attenuated, faded,
     weakened; belittled, diminished, small; cut, cut-rate;
     diminished, lessened; minimized; remittent;
     attenuated]
  
     Syn: reduced.
          [WordNet 1.5]

  Attenuate \At*ten"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attenuated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Attenuating.] [L. attenuatus, p. p. of
     attenuare; ad + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See
     Thin.]
     1. To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical
        action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of
        starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.
  
     2. To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or
        dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the
        humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts.
  
     3. To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less
        complex; to weaken.
  
              To undersell our rivals . . . has led the
              manufacturer to . . . attenuate his processes, in
              the allotment of tasks, to an extreme point. --I.
                                                    Taylor.
  
              We may reject and reject till we attenuate history
              into sapless meagerness.              --Sir F.
                                                    Palgrave.

  Attenuate \At*ten"u*ate\, Attenuated \At*ten"u*a`ted\, a. [L.
     attenuatus, p. p.]
     1. Made thin or slender.
  
     2. Made thin or less viscid; rarefied. --Bacon.

  attenuated
       adj 1: of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or
              no distortion
       2: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"
          [syn: attenuate, faded, weakened]

  attenuated
     a.
     1 Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation.
     2 (lb en botany) Long and tapering (especially of leaves)
     vb.
     (infl of en attenuate  ed-form)

  attenuated
     a.
     1 Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation.
     2 (lb en botany) Long and tapering (especially of leaves)
     vb.
     (infl of en attenuate  ed-form)

  attenuated
     a.
     1 Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation.
     2 (lb en botany) Long and tapering (especially of leaves)
     vb.
     (infl of en attenuate  ed-form)

  attenuated
     a.
     1 Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation.
     2 (lb en botany) Long and tapering (especially of leaves)
     vb.
     (infl of en attenuate  ed-form)

  attenuated
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm a ttenuate d)

  Attenuated /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪtɪd/
  أضعف

  attenuated /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪtɪd/ 
  zmírněný

  attenuated /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪtɪd/ 
  zmírnil

  attenuated /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪtɪd/ 
  zmenšil

  attenuated /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪtɪd/
  abgeschwächt, geschwächt, schwächer geworden, verdünnt
   see: attenuate, attenuating
  

  attenuated /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪtɪd/
  verkleinert, verringert, vermindert
   see: attenuate, attenuating
  

  attenuated /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪtɪd/
  smanjen

  attenuated /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪtɪd/
  hígított

  
/əˈtɛnjuˌeɪtɪd/

  145 Moby Thesaurus words for "attenuated":
     Sanforized, abated, ablated, adulterated, airy, attenuate, bated,
     belittled, boyish, cadaverous, consumed, contracted, corky,
     corpselike, curtailed, cut, dainty, decreased, deflated, delicate,
     diaphanous, dilute, diluted, diminished, dissipated, downy,
     dried-up, dropped, emacerated, emaciate, emaciated, eroded,
     ethereal, fallen, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, fine-grained, finespun,
     flimsy, fluffy, frail, fuzzy, gaseous, gauzy, girlish, gossamer,
     gossamery, gracile, haggard, hollow-eyed, insubstantial, jejune,
     lacy, less, lesser, light, lower, lowered, marantic, marasmic,
     miniaturized, misty, papery, parched, peaked, peaky, pinched, poor,
     preshrunk, pubescent, puny, rare, rarefied, reduced, refined,
     retrenched, satin, satiny, scaled-down, sear, shorn, shorter,
     shriveled, shriveled up, shrunk, shrunken, silky, skeletal,
     slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky,
     small, smaller, smooth, starved, starveling, subtile, subtle,
     svelte, sylphlike, tabetic, tabid, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied,
     thin-set, thin-spun, thinned, thinned-out, thinnish, threadlike,
     uncompact, uncompressed, underfed, undernourished, unsubstantial,
     vague, vaporous, velutinous, velvety, wasp-waisted, wasted,
     wasted away, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, weakened,
     weazened, weazeny, willowy, windy, wiredrawn, wispy, withered,
     wizen, wizen-faced, wizened, worn, wraithlike