deattenuate

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verb

To remove attenuation (from).

Scrabble 12

Meanings

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

present singular third person deattenuates · participle present deattenuating · participle past deattenuated · past deattenuated

  1. transitiveTo 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

Origin

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APA

deattenuate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deattenuate

MLA

“deattenuate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deattenuate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deattenuate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deattenuate.

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