"attenuator" meaning in All languages combined

See attenuator on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: attenuators [plural]
Etymology: From attenuate + -or. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|attenuate|or}} attenuate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} attenuator (plural attenuators)
  1. (physics) Any device that attenuates a signal, but especially an electronic device that reduces the amplitude of a signal Translations (device that attenuates a signal): heikennin (Finnish), 감쇠기 (gamsoegi) (alt: 減衰器) (Korean), 감쇄기 (gamswaegi) (alt: 減殺器) (Korean), atenuador [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-attenuator-en-noun-F-TZ1iF5 Categories (other): Physics, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 87 13 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'device that attenuates a signal': 99 1
  2. (road transport) Ellipsis of impact attenuator or crash attenuator. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: impact attenuator or crash attenuator
    Sense id: en-attenuator-en-noun-tcnW7E6M Categories (other): Road transport Topics: road, transport

Verb [Latin]

Forms: attenuātor [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=attenuātor}} attenuātor
  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of attenuō Tags: form-of, future, imperative, passive, second-person, singular, third-person Form of: attenuō
    Sense id: en-attenuator-la-verb-XS6xBxDQ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "attenuate",
        "3": "or"
      },
      "expansion": "attenuate + -or",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From attenuate + -or.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "attenuators",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "attenuator (plural attenuators)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "en:Physics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -or",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any device that attenuates a signal, but especially an electronic device that reduces the amplitude of a signal"
      ],
      "id": "en-attenuator-en-noun-F-TZ1iF5",
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "attenuate",
          "attenuate"
        ],
        [
          "signal",
          "signal"
        ],
        [
          "electronic",
          "electronic"
        ],
        [
          "amplitude",
          "amplitude"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) Any device that attenuates a signal, but especially an electronic device that reduces the amplitude of a signal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "device that attenuates a signal",
          "word": "heikennin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "減衰器",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gamsoegi",
          "sense": "device that attenuates a signal",
          "word": "감쇠기"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "減殺器",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gamswaegi",
          "sense": "device that attenuates a signal",
          "word": "감쇄기"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "device that attenuates a signal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "atenuador"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "impact attenuator or crash attenuator"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Road transport",
          "orig": "en:Road transport",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ellipsis of impact attenuator or crash attenuator."
      ],
      "id": "en-attenuator-en-noun-tcnW7E6M",
      "links": [
        [
          "impact attenuator",
          "impact attenuator#English"
        ],
        [
          "crash attenuator",
          "crash attenuator#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(road transport) Ellipsis of impact attenuator or crash attenuator."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "road",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "attenuator"
  ],
  "word": "attenuator"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "attenuātor",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "attenuātor"
      },
      "expansion": "attenuātor",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "attenuō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second/third-person singular future passive imperative of attenuō"
      ],
      "id": "en-attenuator-la-verb-XS6xBxDQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "attenuō",
          "attenuo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "attenuator"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -or",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "attenuate",
        "3": "or"
      },
      "expansion": "attenuate + -or",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From attenuate + -or.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "attenuators",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "attenuator (plural attenuators)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any device that attenuates a signal, but especially an electronic device that reduces the amplitude of a signal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "attenuate",
          "attenuate"
        ],
        [
          "signal",
          "signal"
        ],
        [
          "electronic",
          "electronic"
        ],
        [
          "amplitude",
          "amplitude"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) Any device that attenuates a signal, but especially an electronic device that reduces the amplitude of a signal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "impact attenuator or crash attenuator"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English ellipses",
        "en:Road transport"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ellipsis of impact attenuator or crash attenuator."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "impact attenuator",
          "impact attenuator#English"
        ],
        [
          "crash attenuator",
          "crash attenuator#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(road transport) Ellipsis of impact attenuator or crash attenuator."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "road",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device that attenuates a signal",
      "word": "heikennin"
    },
    {
      "alt": "減衰器",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gamsoegi",
      "sense": "device that attenuates a signal",
      "word": "감쇠기"
    },
    {
      "alt": "減殺器",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gamswaegi",
      "sense": "device that attenuates a signal",
      "word": "감쇄기"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device that attenuates a signal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atenuador"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "attenuator"
  ],
  "word": "attenuator"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "attenuātor",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "attenuātor"
      },
      "expansion": "attenuātor",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin verb forms",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "attenuō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second/third-person singular future passive imperative of attenuō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attenuō",
          "attenuo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "future",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "attenuator"
}

Download raw JSONL data for attenuator meaning in All languages combined (2.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-27 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (a4e883e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.