Definitions from Wordnet 2.0

• the property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density
• weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound"

Definitions from Wiktionary

• weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound" ,
• the property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density

• Attenuation: In physics , attenuation (in some contexts also called extinction) is the gradual loss in intensity of any kind of flux through a medium. ...
• Attenuation distortion: Attenuation distortion is the distortion of an analog signal that occurs during ... To overcome the effects of attenuation distortion, ...
• Attenuation-to-crosstalk ratio: Attenuation-to-crosstalk ratio, ACR, is the most important result date May 2011 when testing a link because it represents the overall ...
• Attenuation coefficient: ...constant]]. For the "mass attenuation coefficient", see the article [[mass attenuation coefficient]]. ...m is relatively [[transparency and translucency|transparent]] to the beam. Attenuation coefficient is measured using units of [[reciprocal length]].
• Attenuation coefficient: The attenuation coefficient is a quantity that characterizes how easily a material or medium can be penetrated by a beam of light , ...
• Mass attenuation coefficient: The mass attenuation coefficient is a measurement of how strongly a chemical species or substance absorbs or scatters light at a given ...
• Attenuation (disambiguation): Attenuation is the gradual loss in intensity of any kind of flux through a medium. ... Mass attenuation coefficient , a measurement of how ...

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• Photons teleported over 60 miles - TG Daily
  And this, as MIT points out, brings channel attenuation down to a level that could make the technique viable for beaming photons to a satellite. http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27843/?ref=rss This would open up the opportunity for ... Read more on this news related to 'Attenuation'