glasses attenuate sunlight, lead attenuates X-rays, and water and air attenuate both light and sound at variable attenuation rates. Hearing protectors help...
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Attenuator could mean: Attenuator (electronics), an electronic device that reduces the amplitude of an electronic signal. Optical attenuator, an electronic...
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An attenuated vaccine (or a live attenuated vaccine, LAV) is a vaccine created by reducing the virulence of a pathogen, but still keeping it viable (or...
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In physics, the attenuation length or absorption length is the distance λ into a material when the probability has dropped to 1/e that a particle has...
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The linear attenuation coefficient, attenuation coefficient, or narrow-beam attenuation coefficient characterizes how easily a volume of material can be...
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Attenuation distortion is the distortion of an analog signal that occurs during transmission when the transmission medium does not have a flat frequency...
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Anelastic attenuation factor, a way to describe attenuation of seismic energy in the Earth Attenuation (or verb attenuate) may also refer to: Attenuation (botany)...
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A sound attenuator, or duct silencer, sound trap, or muffler, is a noise control acoustical treatment of Heating Ventilating and Air-Conditioning (HVAC)...
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An optical attenuator, or fiber optic attenuator, is a device used to reduce the power level of an optical signal, either in free space or in an optical...
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An impact attenuator, also known as a crash cushion, crash attenuator, or cowboy cushion, is a device intended to reduce the damage to structures, vehicles...
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