atenuação
Portuguese
noun
Definitions
- (physics) attenuation a reduction in the level of some property with distance
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin attenuātiō (a diminishing) affix from Portuguese atenuar.
Origin
Portuguese
atenuar
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Cognates and derived terms
- attenuāre Latin
- attenuātiō Latin
- attenuazione Italian
- atenuación Spanish, Castilian
- atenuar Portuguese
- attenuacioun Middle English