attenuator
noun
at·ten·u·a·tor
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Definition of attenuator
: a device for attenuating
especially
: one for reducing the amplitude of an electrical signal without appreciable distortion
Examples of attenuator in a Sentence
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Truck veers right, hits attenuators on right shoulder and loses control. — Jason Green, The Mercury News, "Lanes reopen after sewage truck overturns on Highway 101 in Mountain View," 14 Aug. 2019 The resulting damage made the attenuator ineffective and likely contributed to Huang's death. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "NTSB: Autopilot steered Tesla car toward traffic barrier before deadly crash," 7 June 2018 The damage likely made the attenuator ineffective and contributed to Huangâs death. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, "Teslaâs Autopilot steered car toward barrier before deadly crash, investigators say," 7 June 2018 The best part is that the results are the same when the attenuator is put into the circuit. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "NASAâs EM-drive is a magnetic WTF-thruster," 21 May 2018 Tesla said the reason the crash was so severe was because the attenuator had been crushed in a prior accident without being replaced. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, "Tesla says Autopilot was engaged during fatal Model X crash," 31 Mar. 2018 However, the crash attenuator that the Tesla impacted had been damaged a week prior, when another car hit the barrier at the same spot. — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, "NTSB: Tesla's Autopilot Steered Into Barrier in Fatal Crash," 7 June 2018 Investigators have previously said the attenuator, overseen by the California Department of Transportation, had been damaged in a previous incident and had not been reset. — Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post, "NTSB âunhappyâ with Tesla release of investigative information in fatal crash," 1 Apr. 2018 The report does not assign blame but says that Huang had received warnings to place his hands back on the wheel about 15 minutes prior to the crash, and that the car steered itself into the broken highway attenuator. — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, "This Week in the Future of Cars: It's Business Time," 10 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'attenuator.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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