英语词汇“attenuator”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

attenuator

释义

attenuate /ə-tenˈū-āt/

transitive verb

To make thin or lean
To break down into finer parts
To reduce in density
To reduce in strength or value

intransitive verb

To become thin or fine
To grow less

adjective

Attenuated

ORIGIN: L attenuāre, -ātum, from ad to, and tenuis thin

attenˈuant noun

Anything that attenuates (also adjective)

attenˈuated adjective

Thin
Thinned
Dilute, rarefied
Tapering

attenuāˈtion noun

The process of making slender
Reduction of intensity, density, force, or (of bacteria) virulence
In homeopathy, the reduction of the active principles of medicines to minute doses
Reduction in magnitude, amplitude or intensity, arising from absorption or scattering (nuclear eng and telecommunications)

attenˈuator noun

attenuated vaccine noun (immunology)

Live bacterial or virus vaccine in which the microbes have a greatly diminished capacity to cause disease but are still able to evoke protective immunity

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