Hi everyone,

Would I be using the the word attenuation in the right context if i used it to mean lessening the impact of something?

Thank you
Islanspicee

Can you give me a sentence? I always use it to mean weakened. For example, in medicine some vaccines are made with live, attenuated viruses.

In electrical engineering it means reducing the power or amplitude of a signal.

Incidentally, the way that Pasteur attenuated the rabies virus was by passing it through rabbits. He would infect a rabbit, remove the spinal cord and dry it. The dried cord was ground up, suspended in solution and injected into a new animal. With each pass the virus became weaker until at last it failed to infect the next animal.

thanks for your replies guys.

The sentence:

The attenuation of vulnerability is an important objective of any small state.

Well, technically, I suppose it works. Yet, I'd reword it.

ok thank you