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tenuation

tenuation noun: synonym of attenuation.

Noun

tenuation (plural tenuations)

  1. (rare) Synonym of attenuation.
    • In examining in the dead subject mixed cases of these descriptions, it is necessary to connterpoise the opposite conditions, to balance the hypertrophy against the tenuation, and the dilatation against the contraction, in order to determine which is the predominant affection.1842, James Hope, Caspar Wistar Pennock, A Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart and Great Vessels
    • Mr. Peskett explains that this is partly because in plants there is found the inspiration for the perforation and the contrasts and variety of form from the apple-like roundness to the tenuation of stems and tendrils.1947, Wood - Volume 12, page 42
    Synonyms:
    attenuation

Synonyms of tenuation

Forms of tenuation

pluraltenuations

Questions about tenuation

What does tenuation mean?
Tenuation means synonym of attenuation.
What part of speech is tenuation?
Tenuation is a noun.
What is the plural of tenuation?
The plural of tenuation is tenuations.

Words near tenuation in the dictionary

  1. tenual
  2. tenuate
  3. tenuated
  4. tenuates
  5. tenuating
  6. tenuation
  7. tenuations
  8. tenuazonic
  9. tenuazonic acid
  10. tenue
  11. tenue de ville

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