attenuative

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Meaning

1. adjective Tending to attenuate or lessen the force of something.

   Ceramic armour is used in armoured vehicles for its attenuative properties.

2. adjective Of a yeast, capable of high attenuation, able to convert a high proportion of sugar to alcohol.

Similar words

mitigant attenuated attenuable mitigative adjustive mitigating moderative mitigated arrestive mitigatable

Often followed by

properties capacity