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Princeton's WordNet

  1. attenuatedadjective

    of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion

  2. attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakenedadjective

    reduced in strength

    "the faded tones of an old recording"

Wiktionary

  1. attenuatedadjective

    Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation

  2. attenuatedadjective

    Long and tapering (especially of leaves)

ChatGPT

  1. attenuated

    Attenuated generally refers to the process of making something less strong, severe, or intense. It can relate to various contexts such as reduction in the severity of a disease through a vaccine, decrease in signal strength in telecommunications, or lessening the impact of something. The term is often used in scientific and medical fields.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Attenuated

    of Attenuate

  2. Attenuatedadjective

    made thin or slender

  3. Attenuatedadjective

    made thin or less viscid; rarefied

  4. Etymology: [L. attenuatus, p. p.]

Entomology

  1. Attenuated

    drawn out; slender; tapering.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of attenuated in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of attenuated in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of attenuated in a Sentence

  1. Bert Jacobs:

    We use surrogate live attenuated vaccines, where we put parts of SARS-CoV-2 into vaccinia virus [which guards against smallpox], and this can be done initially within a month.

  2. Emanuel Wyler:

    Although it’s strongly attenuated, it’s still a real virus.

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