attenuate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
Types & categories
- weaken hypernym
Related & opposite
- attenuation derivation
- rarefaction derivation
- chemistry domain topic
Sense 2 adjective
reduced in strength
the faded tones of an old recording
Related & opposite
- decreased similar to
Sense 3 verb
become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- attenuator derivation
- attenuation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | attenuation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rarefaction |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | decreased |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | attenuator |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | attenuation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | refine |