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deattenuate

deattenuate verb: to remove attenuation (from).

Verb

deattenuate (third-person singular simple present deattenuates, present participle deattenuating, simple past and past participle deattenuated)

  1. (transitive) To remove attenuation (from).
    • Our correction for measurement error helped deattenuate some of the results, though it did not do so for all nutrients across all FFQs of the study.2015 October 15, “Relative Validity of Three Food Frequency Questionnaires for Assessing Dietary Intakes of Guatemalan Schoolchildren”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of deattenuate

third-person singular presentdeattenuates
present participledeattenuating
past participledeattenuated
pastdeattenuated

Origin of deattenuate

From de- + attenuate.

Questions about deattenuate

What does deattenuate mean?
Deattenuate means to remove attenuation (from).
What part of speech is deattenuate?
Deattenuate is a verb.
What is the past tense of deattenuate?
The past tense of deattenuate is deattenuated.

Words near deattenuate in the dictionary

  1. Deatses
  2. deattach
  3. deattached
  4. deattaches
  5. deattaching
  6. deattenuate
  7. deattenuated
  8. deattenuation
  9. deattribute
  10. deattributed
  11. deattributes

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