Attenuate
verb — past tense: attenuated ; past participle: attenuated ; present participle: attenuating ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (Make thin, weaken, reduce, become weak or slender) សម្រាល, ធ្វើឲ្យស្ដើង, ឡើងស្ដើង, ធ្វើឲ្យរបោះរបាយ, ធ្វើឲ្យហោចចុះ, ធ្វើឲ្យមានតិច, បន្ថយ
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) ថយ
- 3.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) បន្ថយ, ថយ
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: attenuated ; past participle: attenuated ; present participle: attenuating ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- (TRANSITIVE) To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.