Visual meaning of 'attenuating' - Social Visual Dictionary

Visual illustration of attenuating: To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree. - Image 1

verb

To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.

Examples:

"The thick curtains were attenuating the sunlight, making the room darker. "

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Visual illustration of attenuating: To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying. - Image 1

verb

To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.

Examples:

"The prolonged drought is attenuating the river, making it narrower and shallower. "

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Visual illustration of attenuating: To become thin or fine; to grow less. - Image 1

verb

To become thin or fine; to grow less.

Examples:

"The loud music from the party was attenuating as I walked further down the street. "

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Visual illustration of attenuating: To weaken. - Image 1

verb

To weaken.

Examples:

"The loud music was attenuating the sound of the teacher's voice. "

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Visual illustration of attenuating: To rarefy. - Image 1

verb

To rarefy.

Examples:

"The thick fog was attenuating the sunlight, making it difficult to see very far. "

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Visual illustration of attenuating: To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus. - Image 1

verb

To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.

Examples:

"Scientists are working on attenuating the flu virus to create a safer vaccine. "

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Visual illustration of attenuating: To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal. - Image 1

verb

To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.

Examples:

"The thick fog was attenuating the car's headlights, making it hard to see the road. "

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Visual illustration of attenuating: (of a beer) To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol. - Image 1

verb

(of a beer) To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol.

Examples:

""The beer is attenuating nicely in the fermentation tank, indicating the yeast are converting sugars into alcohol." "

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Visual illustration for the word "amplitude" - The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.

/ˈæm.plɪ.tud/

The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.

"The child's swing reached its highest point, demonstrating the amplitude of her arc. "

Visual illustration for the word "conversion" - The act of converting something or someone.

/-ʒ(ə)n/ /kənˈvɝʒən/

The act of converting something or someone.

"His conversion to Christianity"

Visual illustration for the word "bacterium" - A single celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.

/bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəm/

A single celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.

"The scientist examined the sample and found a bacterium, a tiny cell without a nucleus, under the microscope. "

Visual illustration for the word "physically" - In a physical manner.

physicallyadverb

/ˈfɪzɪkli/

In a physical manner.

"The children physically exhausted themselves playing tag in the park. "

Visual illustration for the word "virulence" - The state of being virulent.

/ˈvɪɹjələns/

The state of being virulent.

"The flu's virulence this year is causing many people to get very sick. "

Visual illustration for the word "reshaping" - To make into a different shape

/ˌriːˈʃeɪpɪŋ/ /riˈʃeɪpɪŋ/

To make into a different shape

"The potter is reshaping the clay on the wheel to create a new vase. "

Visual illustration for the word "scientists" - One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.

/ˈsaɪəntɪsts/

"Scientists study plants to understand how they grow. "

Visual illustration for the word "fermentation" - Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide

fermentationnoun

/ˌfɜː(ɹ)mənˈteɪʃən/

"The fermentation process in the sourdough bread recipe produces a characteristic tangy flavor. "

Visual illustration for the word "electrical" - An electrical engineer.

/ɪˈlɛktɹɪkəl/

An electrical engineer.

"My brother is a talented electrical. "

Visual illustration for the word "headlights" - A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.

/ˈhɛdˌlaɪts/ /ˈhɛdlaɪts/

A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.

"The car's headlights shone brightly on the dark road ahead. "

Visual illustration for the word "converting" - To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.

/kənˈvɜːrtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːnvɜːrtɪŋ/

To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.

"A kettle converts water into steam."

Visual illustration for the word "indicating" - To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

/ˈɪndɪkeɪtɪŋ/

To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

"The guard blew his whistle to indicate imminent departure."