(physics) Any device that attenuates a signal, but especially an electronic device that reduces the amplitude of a signal

plural of attenuator

plural of attenuance

Capable of being attenuated.

Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid.

(medicine, dated) Any medicine that thins or dilutes the fluids; a diluent.

Tending to attenuate or lessen the force of something. / (brewing) Of a yeast, capable of high attenuation, able to convert a high proportion of sugar to alcohol.

The loss of energy of a signal (due to absorption, dispersion etc) as it travels through a medium; measured in decibels

Synonym of extenuating circumstance

Enallagma daeckii, a species of damselfly, which is blue in color.