title: Attenuator
text: # Attenuator
  
  Attenuator could mean:
  
  * Attenuator (electronics), an electronic device that reduces the amplitude of an electronic signal.
  * Optical attenuator, an electronic device that reduces the amplitude of an optical signal.
  * Attenuator (genetics), a specific regulatory sequence transcribed into RNA.
  * Impact attenuator, used on highways as a crumple zone in case of a car crash.
  