Definition of "attenuator" []

• A device that attenuates an electrical signal. (noun)

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• "Snyder wrote a whole paper on snow as an "impact attenuator.""
• "Colored dissolved organic matter is now known to be the primary attenuator of underwater UV radiation in subarctic and high-arctic lakes [15]; Toolik Lake, Alaska [16]; arctic ponds [17]; and arctic coastal seas influenced by river inflows [18]."
• "The victim is an attenuator not an aerial, like a piece of meat in a microwave oven the frequency of which is chosen to be one well absorbed by water and fat."