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attenuant

|at-ten-u-ant|

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🇺🇸

/əˈtɛn.juənt/

🇬🇧

/əˈtɛnjʊənt/

weakens / reduces strength

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'attenuant'

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名詞 1

something that attenuates; an agent, factor, or device that reduces intensity, amplitude, or force.

In the experiment, a small attenuant was placed in the path of the beam to lower its power.

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形容詞 1

causing attenuation; reducing strength, intensity, or force.

The attenuant coating reduced glare from the instrument's display.

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形容詞 2

(Law/forensic) Serving as a mitigating or extenuating factor that reduces culpability or severity.

The defense presented attenuant circumstances to argue for a reduced sentence.

同意語

mitigatingextenuating

反意語

aggravatingaggravatory

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