atenuação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin attenuātiōnem. By surface analysis, atenuar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.te.nu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.te.nʊ.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /a.te.nwaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.te.nwaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɨ.nwɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: a‧te‧nu‧a‧ção

Noun

atenuação f (plural atenuações)

1. attenuation (gradual diminishing in the strength)
2. (physics) attenuation (a reduction in the level of some property with distance)

Related terms

• ténue

Further reading

• “atenuação”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024