| word | attenuated |
|---|---|
| definition | Thinned or weakened. |
| eg_sentence | The smallpox shot is an injection of the virus in an attenuated form too weak to produce an actual case of smallpox. |
| explanation | A friendship can become attenuated if neither person bothers to keep in touch. Radio waves can become attenuated by the shape of the landscape, by foliage, by atmospheric conditions, and simply by distance. Factory workers and rock musicians often use noise-attenuating ear plugs to save their hearing. To attenuate something isn't to stop it, just to tone it down |
| IPA | əˈtɛnjuˌeɪtɪd |
Tags: mwvb::unit:30, mwvb::unit:30:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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