# Attenuator

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**Attenuator** could mean:

- [Attenuator (electronics)](/source/Attenuator_(electronics)), an electronic device that reduces the amplitude of an electronic signal.
- [Optical attenuator](/source/Optical_attenuator), an electronic device that reduces the amplitude of an optical signal.
- [Attenuator (genetics)](/source/Attenuator_(genetics)), a specific regulatory sequence transcribed into RNA.
- [Impact attenuator](/source/Impact_attenuator), used on highways as a crumple zone in case of a car crash.

## See also

- [Attenuation (disambiguation)](/source/Attenuation_(disambiguation))

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