GRE vocabulary
Attenuation
The reduction of the force, effect, or value of something; weakening.
Example
"The thick walls of the old castle provided significant attenuation of the outside noise."
Etymology
From Latin attenuare 'to make thin', from ad- 'to' + tenuis 'thin'.
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