Annenuator is a device which attenutes or reduces level of a physical parameter. e.g. an optical attenuator is used to reduce level of an optical signal in an optical fiber or an RF attenuator on a coaxial cable can be used to reduce RF signal level before giving it to a test equipment. - Neeraj Sharma An attenuator is an electronic device that reduces the power of a signal without appreciably distorting its waveform. An attenuator is effectively the opposite of an amplifier, though the two work by different methods.
An attenuant is a medicine which thins or dilutes fluids.
An attenuance is a term in physics for absorbance plus losses due to scattering and luminescence.