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  • 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...
    464 bytes (86 words) - 13:20, 26 September 2018
  • 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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  • attenuate the signal evenly across the frequency spectrum, or to allow the signal to be received at equal amplitude for all frequencies. Attenuation distortion...
    2 KB (189 words) - 14:59, 27 June 2022
  • 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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  • The physical dimensions and baffle configuration of sound attenuators are selected to attenuate a specific range of frequencies. Unlike conventional internally-lined...
    19 KB (2,545 words) - 22:54, 25 October 2023
  • 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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    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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  • The linear attenuation coefficient, attenuation coefficient, or narrow-beam attenuation coefficient characterizes how easily a volume of material can be...
    14 KB (2,023 words) - 00:55, 27 January 2024
  • brewing, attenuation refers to the conversion of sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide by the fermentation process; the greater the attenuation, the more...
    3 KB (375 words) - 16:29, 15 September 2023
  • example of attenuation used in many introductory genetics textbooks, is ribosome-mediated attenuation of the trp operon. Ribosome-mediated attenuation of the...
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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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  • In acoustics, acoustic attenuation is a measure of the energy loss of sound propagation through an acoustic transmission medium. Most media have viscosity...
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    Attenuation-to-crosstalk ratio (ACR) is a parameter that is measured when testing a communication link, which represents the overall performance of the...
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    Attenuated patella alta is an extremely rare condition affecting mobility and leg strength. It is characterized by an unusually small knee cap (patella)...
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  • Attenuation theory, also known as Treisman's attenuation model, is a model of selective attention proposed by Anne Treisman, and can be seen as a revision...
    26 KB (3,330 words) - 02:19, 16 May 2024
  • Growth attenuation is an elective medical treatment which involves administering estrogen to cause closure of the epiphyses of the bones (Epiphyseal plates)...
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    provides gain, an attenuator provides loss, or gain less than 1. An attenuator is sometimes referred to as a "pad" in certain fields. Attenuators are usually...
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    The mass attenuation coefficient, or mass narrow beam attenuation coefficient of a material is the attenuation coefficient normalized by the density of...
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  • Thumbnail for Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery
    Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) is an MRI sequence with an inversion recovery set to null fluids. For example, it can be used in brain imaging...
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