Attenuated

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Thin; slender: as, long attenuated fingers: attenuated parchment.
  • Thin in consistency; diluted; rarefied: as, “attenuated small beer,”
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  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of attenuate.
  • adjective. Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation
  • adjective. Long and tapering (especially of leaves)
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  • adjective. reduced in strength
  • adjective. of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion
  • Word Usage
    "The term attenuated focalization refers to a situation where point of view is limited, even if temporarily, to an impeded or distanced visual perspective."
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