Meaning & use
Attenuating
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Reducing the force, intensity, effect, or value of something; making thinner or weaker.
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The thick curtains helped in attenuating the noise from the street outside.
Engineers designed the barrier for attenuating the impact of high winds on the bridge.
A note on using this word
Comes from the Latin 'attenuare,' meaning to make thin; widely used in physics and engineering to describe the weakening of a signal, force, or wave.
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