Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Attenuant.
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- adjective Tending to
attenuate or lessen theforce of something.
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Examples
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Less attenuative strains may require the addition of priming sugar to the cask.
SECRETS FROM THE MASTER BREWERS PATRICK HIGGINS 1998
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Less attenuative strains may require the addition of priming sugar to the cask.
SECRETS FROM THE MASTER BREWERS PATRICK HIGGINS 1998
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With respect to its being an attenuative of viscid humours, it can never possess this virtue from being a diluent, for an attenuant acts _specially_ on the particles, by diminishing their bulk, while the diluent acts upon the whole mass of the fluid.
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