Attenuate
verb
To make something less strong, intense, or severe.
Doctors try to attenuate the effects of the disease by using medicines.
Often appears as...
- attenuate the effects
- attenuate the severity
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Formal
Technical
verb
In science and technology, to reduce the amplitude, force, or intensity of.
Filters are used in radios to attenuate the unwanted frequencies.
Often appears as...
- attenuate the noise
- attenuate the signal
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Formal
Technical
verb
In medicine, to reduce the virulence of (a disease, pathogen, or biological threat) by weakening or altering it substantially.
Scientists attenuated the virus so it could be used in a vaccine.
Often appears as...
- attenuate the virus
- attenuate infectiousness
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To make something less strong, intense, or severe.
Doctors try to attenuate the effects of the disease by using medicines.
Often appears as...
- attenuate the effects
- attenuate the severity
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
In science and technology, to reduce the amplitude, force, or intensity of.
Filters are used in radios to attenuate the unwanted frequencies.
Often appears as...
- attenuate the noise
- attenuate the signal
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
In medicine, to reduce the virulence of (a disease, pathogen, or biological threat) by weakening or altering it substantially.
Scientists attenuated the virus so it could be used in a vaccine.
Often appears as...
- attenuate the virus
- attenuate infectiousness
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Reduction
Use 'attenuate' when something is intentionally made less strong, not when it weakens on its own.
Soundproofing materials are used to attenuate noise in recording studios.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Eliminate
'Attenuate' implies reduction, not complete removal. Something still remains after attenuation.
The curtains will attenuate the sunlight, but not block it completely.
Pro Tip 3/3Careful Use
Use 'attenuate' in situations where precision is needed; it's not casual language.
The new policy is designed to attenuate the risks involved in online transactions.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Reduction
Use 'attenuate' when something is intentionally made less strong, not when it weakens on its own.
Soundproofing materials are used to attenuate noise in recording studios.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Eliminate
'Attenuate' implies reduction, not complete removal. Something still remains after attenuation.
The curtains will attenuate the sunlight, but not block it completely.
Pro Tip 3/3Careful Use
Use 'attenuate' in situations where precision is needed; it's not casual language.
The new policy is designed to attenuate the risks involved in online transactions.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Reduction
Use 'attenuate' when something is intentionally made less strong, not when it weakens on its own.
Soundproofing materials are used to attenuate noise in recording studios.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Eliminate
'Attenuate' implies reduction, not complete removal. Something still remains after attenuation.
The curtains will attenuate the sunlight, but not block it completely.
Pro Tip 3/3Careful Use
Use 'attenuate' in situations where precision is needed; it's not casual language.
The new policy is designed to attenuate the risks involved in online transactions.
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Mapping the Unknown,...
approximate how far away you are from that lighthouse at night now if it were a foggy night that lighthouse could look faint and fooling you into thinking it's further away than it really is so we have tools called fog horns that work by the same principle the attenuation or reduction of the sound instead of the
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New bionics let us run,...
to attenuate the shock of the limb hitting the ground. Then at mid-stance, the bionic limb outputs high torques and powers to lift the person into the walking stride, comparable to how muscles work in the calf region. This bionic propulsion is very important clinically to patients.
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Why do we sleep? PIPE...
What we know is that, if after you've tried to learn a task, and you sleep-deprive individuals, the ability to learn that task is smashed. It's really hugely attenuated. So sleep and memory consolidation is also very important. However, it's not just the laying down of memory
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Liz Diller: Architecture...
are all replaced by a kind of attenuated attention that's sustained by a sense of apprehension caused by the fog. And this is very much like how the Victorian novel used fog in this way. So here the world is put out of focus, while our visual dependence is put into focus.
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
Were we to be able to identify this condition at an earlier point, and intervene and treat -- I can tell you, this has been probably something that has changed my life in the past 10 years, this notion that we can absolutely attenuate this condition.
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How fast can a vaccine...
but generally, the most effective designs are also the slowest to produce. Traditional attenuated vaccines create long lasting resilience. But they rely on weakened viral strains that must be cultivated in non-human tissue over long periods of time.
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A new way to diagnose...
to be able to identify this condition that at earlier point and intervene and treat I can tell you and this has been probably something that has changed my life in the past ten years this notion that we can absolutely attenuate this
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Laurie Garrett: What can...
I could give you a bunch of flip, this, that, and the other. But I would say that honestly we don't know. Clearly the bottom line is the virus eventually attenuates, and ceases to be a lethal virus to humanity,
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How we're using AI to...
It's a live attenuated vaccine, and we're engineering it to express SARS-CoV-2 antigens, which should trigger the production of protective antibodies by the immune system. Importantly, BCG is massively scalable
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TEDWomen 2015 in review...
I mean but attenuated Shaba is is battling the water hyacinth which is an invasive aquatic weed so basically what she's doing is she's harvesting the water hyacinth drying it out and then
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Mapping the Unknown,...
approximate how far away you are from that lighthouse at night now if it were a foggy night that lighthouse could look faint and fooling you into thinking it's further away than it really is so we have tools called fog horns that work by the same principle the attenuation or reduction of the sound instead of the
Video examples
New bionics let us run,...
to attenuate the shock of the limb hitting the ground. Then at mid-stance, the bionic limb outputs high torques and powers to lift the person into the walking stride, comparable to how muscles work in the calf region. This bionic propulsion is very important clinically to patients.
Video examples
Why do we sleep? PIPE...
What we know is that, if after you've tried to learn a task, and you sleep-deprive individuals, the ability to learn that task is smashed. It's really hugely attenuated. So sleep and memory consolidation is also very important. However, it's not just the laying down of memory
Video examples
Liz Diller: Architecture...
are all replaced by a kind of attenuated attention that's sustained by a sense of apprehension caused by the fog. And this is very much like how the Victorian novel used fog in this way. So here the world is put out of focus, while our visual dependence is put into focus.
Video examples
Ami Klin: A new way to...
Were we to be able to identify this condition at an earlier point, and intervene and treat -- I can tell you, this has been probably something that has changed my life in the past 10 years, this notion that we can absolutely attenuate this condition.
Video examples
How fast can a vaccine...
but generally, the most effective designs are also the slowest to produce. Traditional attenuated vaccines create long lasting resilience. But they rely on weakened viral strains that must be cultivated in non-human tissue over long periods of time.
Video examples
A new way to diagnose...
to be able to identify this condition that at earlier point and intervene and treat I can tell you and this has been probably something that has changed my life in the past ten years this notion that we can absolutely attenuate this
Video examples
Laurie Garrett: What can...
I could give you a bunch of flip, this, that, and the other. But I would say that honestly we don't know. Clearly the bottom line is the virus eventually attenuates, and ceases to be a lethal virus to humanity,
Video examples
How we're using AI to...
It's a live attenuated vaccine, and we're engineering it to express SARS-CoV-2 antigens, which should trigger the production of protective antibodies by the immune system. Importantly, BCG is massively scalable
Video examples
TEDWomen 2015 in review...
I mean but attenuated Shaba is is battling the water hyacinth which is an invasive aquatic weed so basically what she's doing is she's harvesting the water hyacinth drying it out and then
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Arthur C. Brooks
American Author
The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In contrast, redistribution simply spreads money around. Even worse, it attenuates the ability to earn success by perverting economic incentives.
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Mark Fisher
British Writer
We all know that the 'reality' of reality TV is an artful construction, an effect not only of editing but of a Lorenzian rat-in-a-mirrored-labyrinth artificial environment which attenuates psychology into a series of territorial twitches.
Quote examples
Arthur C. Brooks
American Author
The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In contrast, redistribution simply spreads money around. Even worse, it attenuates the ability to earn success by perverting economic incentives.
Quote examples
Mark Fisher
British Writer
We all know that the 'reality' of reality TV is an artful construction, an effect not only of editing but of a Lorenzian rat-in-a-mirrored-labyrinth artificial environment which attenuates psychology into a series of territorial twitches.
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