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Definition of Dissipation

1. Noun. Breaking up and scattering by dispersion. "The dissipation of the mist"

2. Noun. Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure.

3. Noun. Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly. "Mindless dissipation of natural resources"

Definition of Dissipation

1. n. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

Definition of Dissipation

1. Noun. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. ¹

2. Noun. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness. ¹

3. Noun. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention. ¹

4. Noun. (physics) A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dissipation

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissipation

dissimulations dissimulative dissimulator dissimulators dissimulour dissing dissipable dissipate dissipated dissipatedly

dissipatedness dissipater dissipaters dissipates dissipating dissipation (current term) dissipation function dissipation functions dissipational dissipationless

dissipations dissipative dissipatively dissipativities dissipativity disslander dissociabilities dissociability dissociable dissocial

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