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attenuating
at·ten·u·ate A0509700 (ə-tĕn′yo͞o-āt′)v. at·ten·u·at·ed, at·ten·u·at·ing, at·ten·u·ates v.tr.1. To make slender, fine, or small: The drought attenuated the river to a narrow channel.2. To reduce in force, value, amount, or degree; weaken: Medicine attenuated the fever's effect.3. To lessen the density of; rarefy.4. Biology To make (bacteria or viruses) less virulent.5. Electronics To reduce (the amplitude of an electrical signal) with little or no distortion.v.intr. To become thin, weak, or fine.adj. (-yo͞o-ĭt)1. Reduced or weakened, as in strength, value, or virulence.2. Botany Gradually tapering to a slender point.
[Latin attenuāre, attenuāt- : ad-, ad- + tenuāre, to make thin (from tenuis, thin; see ten- in Indo-European roots).]
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