What is "attenuates"

Usage examples of "attenuates".

Five years hence, Mario's facility with the head-mount Bolex attenuates the sadness of his status here, allowing him to contribute via making the annual E.

Hal wonders, not for the first time, whether he might deep down be a secret snob about collar-color issues and Pemulis, then whether the fact that he's capable of wondering whether he's a snob attenuates the possibility that he's really a snob.

Ferrill explained patiently,"the beam attenuates with distance, losing its strength.

However, I can guarantee that our friend will simply withdraw from the limb in which you inject the stuff and wait till it attenuates.