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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: attenuation
Synonym1: loss
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Definition: 1 – a decrease of electromagnetic power between two points

2 – the quantitative expression of power decrease which may be expressed by the ratio of the values at two points of a quantity related to power in a well defined manner.

NOTE – Attenuation is generally expressed in logarithmic units, such as decibel (dB).


Publication date:1991-10
SourceMOD 702-02-10
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