Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid.

(medicine, dated) Any medicine that thins or dilutes the fluids; a diluent.

plural of attenuant

(transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree. / (transitive) To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying. / (intransitive) To become thin or fine; to grow less.

(botany, of leaves) Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base.

present participle of attenuate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attenuate

Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation. / (botany) Long and tapering (especially of leaves)

simple past tense and past participle of attenuate

plural of attenuation