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attenuation constant [ə‚ten·yə′wā·shən ‚kän·stənt]

(physics)

A rating for a line or medium through which a plane wave is being transmitted, equal to the relative rate of decrease of an amplitude of a field component, voltage, or current in the direction of propagation, in nepers per unit length.

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