attenuation

  • 121attenuation — 1. Decrease in intensity of a signal, beam, or wave as a result of absorption of energy and of scattering out of the path of a detector, but not including the reduction due to geometric spreading, i.e., the inverse square of distance effect. 2.… …

    Military dictionary

  • 122attenuation — noun see attenuate II …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 123attenuation — (ah ten u a shun) 1. A mechanism for the regulation of transcription of some bacterial operons by aminoacyl tRNAs. 2. A procedure that reduces or abolishes the virulence of a pathogen without altering its immunogenicity …

    Dictionary of microbiology

  • 124attenuation — noun a) A gradual diminishing in the strength of something. b) A reduction in the level of some property with distance, especially the amplitude of a wave or the strength of a signal …

    Wiktionary

  • 125attenuation — 1. The act of attenuating. 2. Diminution of virulence in a strain of an organism, obtained through selection of variants that occur naturally or through experimental means. 3. Loss of energy of a beam of radiant energy due to absorption,… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 126Attenuation — Leistungsabfall zwischen zwei Punkten, gemessen in dB …

    Acronyms

  • 127Attenuation — Det at svække …

    Danske encyklopædi

  • 128attenuation — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The depletion or sapping of strength or energy: debilitation, depletion, devitalization, enervation, enfeeblement, impoverishment. See STRONG …

    English dictionary for students