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attenuate
(encz) | attenuate,oslabený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
attenuate
(encz) | attenuate,zeslabený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
attenuate
(encz) | attenuate,zmenšit v: Zdeněk Brož |
attenuate
(encz) | attenuate,zmírnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Attenuate
(gcide) | Attenuate \At*ten"u*ate\, v. i.
To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
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The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts.
--Coleridge.
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Attenuate
(gcide) | 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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Attenuate
(gcide) | 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
(wn) | attenuate
adj 1: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old
recording" [syn: attenuate, attenuated, faded,
weakened]
v 1: weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) [syn:
rarefy, attenuate]
2: become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude |
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attenuate
(encz) | attenuate,oslabený adj: Zdeněk Brožattenuate,zeslabený adj: Zdeněk Brožattenuate,zmenšit v: Zdeněk Brožattenuate,zmírnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
attenuated
(encz) | attenuated,zmenšil v: Zdeněk Brožattenuated,zmírněný adj: Zdeněk Brožattenuated,zmírnil v: Zdeněk Brož |
unattenuated
(encz) | unattenuated, |
attenuate attenuated faded weakened
(gcide) | 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.
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Attenuated
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]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.
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attenuated
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]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.
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attenuate
(wn) | attenuate
adj 1: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old
recording" [syn: attenuate, attenuated, faded,
weakened]
v 1: weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) [syn:
rarefy, attenuate]
2: become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude |
attenuated
(wn) | 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, attenuated, faded, weakened] |
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