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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin attenuātiōnem. By surface analysis, atenuar + -ção.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.te.nu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.te.nwaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Hyphenation: a‧te‧nu‧a‧ção
Noun
atenuação f (plural atenuações)
- attenuation (gradual diminishing in the strength)
- (physics) attenuation (a reduction in the level of some property with distance)
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