Also known as: att.
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Elevation as measured in relationship to the earth's surface to sea level. OR Height OR The vertical distance between the airplane and the ground. OR The height of an object, like an airplane, above sea level or above the earth's surface. OR Height, usually with respect to the terrain below (radar altitude, feet above closest dirt) or fixed earth reference (barometric altitude, feet above mean sea level); Symbols: h; Typical Units: ft; Dimensions: Length; or angle of a celestial object above the horizon.
ComputingIs the weakening of a radar beam as it moves downstream due to some of the energy being lost to scattering and absorption. The further a radar beam moves downstream the more dust, hydrometeors, etc. the radar beam will have to pass through. Reduction in current, voltage, or power due to transmission. The opposite of amplification.
ComputingWeakened, diluted, thinned, reduced, weakened, diminished. The use of "attenuated" in medicine is not new. In the 16th century, eating dried figs was claimed to attenuate the body fluids.Now "attenuated" refers to procedures that weaken an agent of disease. An attenuated virus is a weakened, less vigorous virus. A vaccine against a viral disease can be made from an attenuated, less virulent strain of the virus, a virus capable of stimulating an immune response and creating immunity but not causing illness.
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