attenuation

About 3.40 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A gradual diminishing of strength.
2. noun A reduction in the level of some property with distance, especially the amplitude of a wave or the strength of a signal.
3. noun A weakening in the virulence of a pathogen or other microorganism.
4. noun The tapering of a leaf etc to a fine point.
5. noun A fabrication process in which a material is stretched out into a thin shape.
6. noun The reduction of the active principles of medicines to minute doses.
7. noun The proportion of sugar that is converted to ethanol by a yeast.

Similar words

fading decrease lessening narrowing abatement degradation weakening relaxation reduction dilution

Often followed by

of in and coefficient is coefficients at factor by

Word family

attenuations