English-Thai Dictionary

attenuate

VI ผอม ลง  เล็ก ลง  phom-long

 

attenuate

VT ทำให้ ผอม ลง  ทำให้ เล็ก ลง  tham-hai-phom-long

 

attenuated

A ที่ ถูก เจือจาง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ATTENUATE

v.t.[L. attenuo, of ad and tenuo, to make thin; tenuis; Eng. thin, which see. ] 1. To make thin or less consistent; to subtilize or break the humors of the body into finer parts; to render less viscid; opposed to condense, incrassate or thicken.
2. To comminute; to break or wear solid substances into finer or very minute parts.
This uninterrupted motion must attenuate and wear away the hardest rocks.
3. To make slender; to reduce in thickness.

 

ATTENUATE

a.Made thin, or less viscid; made slender.

 

ATTENUATED

ppr. Made thin or less viscid; comminuted; made slender. In botany, growing slender towards the point.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

 

ATTENUATE

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

 

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

 

ATTENUATE; ATTENUATED

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

attenuate

at ten u ate ▶verb |əˈtenyo͞oˌāt əˈtenjueɪt | [ with obj. ] reduce the force, effect, or value of: her intolerance was attenuated by a rather unexpected liberalism. • reduce the amplitude of (a signal, electric current, or other oscillation ). • (usu. as adj. attenuated ) reduce the virulence of (a pathogenic organism or vaccine ): attenuated strains of rabies virus. • reduce in thickness; make thin: the trees are attenuated from being grown too close together. ▶adjective |-wit, -ˌwāt əˈtenjueɪt əˈtɛnjəˌwɪt | rare reduced in force, effect, or physical thickness. DERIVATIVES at ten u a tion |əˌtenyo͞oˈāSHən |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin attenuat- ‘made slender, ’ from the verb attenuare, from ad- ‘to ’ + tenuare ‘make thin ’ (from tenuis ‘thin ’).

 

attenuated

at ten u at ed |əˈtenyo͞oˌātid əˈtenjueɪtɪd | ▶adjective unnaturally thin: she was a drooping, attenuated figure. • weakened in force or effect: Roman influence became attenuated.

 

Oxford Dictionary

attenuate

at ¦tenu |ate ▶verb |əˈtɛnjʊeɪt | [ with obj. ] 1 reduce the force, effect, or value of: her intolerance was attenuated by an unexpected liberalism. • reduce the amplitude of (a signal, electric current, or other oscillation ). • reduce the virulence of (a pathogenic organism or vaccine ): researchers hoped that the substance would attenuate the course of the disease. 2 reduce in thickness; make thin. ▶adjective |əˈtɛnjʊət | rare reduced in force, effect, or physical thickness. DERIVATIVES attenuation |-ˈeɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin attenuat- ‘made slender ’, from the verb attenuare, from ad- ‘to ’ + tenuare ‘make thin ’ (from tenuis ‘thin ’).

 

attenuated

at ¦tenu |ated |əˈtɛnjʊeɪtɪd | ▶adjective 1 (especially of a person ) extremely thin: she was a drooping, attenuated figure. 2 (of a pathogenic organism or vaccine ) reduced in virulence: attenuated strains of rabies virus.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

attenuated

attenuated adjective 1 attenuated fingers: thin, slender, narrow, slim, skinny, spindly, bony; rare attenuate. ANTONYMS plump, broad. 2 the patient's muscle activity was much attenuated: weakened, reduced, lessened, decreased, diminished, impaired. ANTONYMS strengthened.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

attenuated

attenuated adjective 1 he rippled his attenuated fingers in the air: thin, slender, slim, skinny, spindly, bony, gaunt, skeletal; narrow, thread-like, thinned down, stretched out, drawn out; rare extenuated, attenuate. ANTONYMS plump; broad. 2 radiation from the sun is attenuated by the earth's atmosphere: weakened, reduced, lessened, decreased, diminished, impaired, enervated. ANTONYMS strengthened.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

attenuate

at ten u ate /əténjuèɪt /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたい書 ｠1 〈物 〉を細くする ; 〈人 〉をやせ細らす ; 〈価値 効果 質量など 〉を弱める, 減じる, 薄める .2 〘医 〙〈ウイルスなど 〉を減毒する .3 〘電 〙〈電子信号や電流などの振幅 〉を減衰させる .自動詞 細くなる ; 弱まる ; 減少する, 薄まる .形容詞 細い, 弱まった, 減少した, 薄まった .at t è n u á tion 名詞 at t é n u à tor 名詞 C 〘電 〙減衰器 .

 

attenuated

at t é n u à t ed /-ɪd /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〈力 価値 毒性などが 〉弱められた, 薄められた, 減らされた ; 〈人 物が 〉細長い .