ATTENUATED

attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened

(adjective) reduced in strength; “the faded tones of an old recording”

attenuated

(adjective) of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

attenuated

simple past tense and past participle of attenuate

Adjective

attenuated (comparative more attenuated, superlative most attenuated)

Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation.

(botany) Long and tapering (especially of leaves)

Source: Wiktionary

At*ten"u*ate, At*ten"u*a`ted, a. Etym: [L. attenuatus, p. p.]

1. Made thin or slender.

2. Made thin or less viscid; rarefied. Bacon.

ATTENUATE

At*ten"u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attenuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Attenuating.] Etym: [L. attenuatus, p. p. of attenuare; ad + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See Thin.]

1. To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.

2. To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts.

3. To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken. To undersell our rivals . . . has led the manufacturer to . . . attenuate his processes, in the allotment of tasks, to an extreme point. I. Taylor. We may reject and reject till we attenuate history into sapless meagerness. Sir F. Palgrave.

At*ten"u*ate, v. i.

Definition: To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen. The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts. Coleridge.

At*ten"u*ate, At*ten"u*a`ted, a. Etym: [L. attenuatus, p. p.]

1. Made thin or slender.

2. Made thin or less viscid; rarefied. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition