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dissipation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dissolution, licentiousness, looseness, profligacy |
| Type of | intemperateness, intemperance, self-indulgence |
| Derivation | dissipate |
dissipation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | waste, wastefulness |
| Type of | activity |
| Has types | prodigality, squandering, waste of effort, waste of energy, waste of material, waste of money, waste of time, boondoggle, extravagance, high life, highlife, lavishness |
| Derivation | dissipate |
mindless dissipation of natural resources.
dissipation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | dispersion, scattering |
| Derivation | dissipate |
the dissipation of the mist.
Examples of dissipation
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Capri is far smaller than the Carmine sensor, thanks to better heat dissipation.
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But like an ill wind, it carries an unmistakable whiff of chaos and dissipation.
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So far, only superconductors are known to carry current without any dissipation.
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Weather is the effect of the dissipation of solar energy within the atmosphere.
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A thinner case means less room for a battery and less space for heat dissipation.
From the suntimes.com
A reversible process is one in which this sort of dissipation does not happen.
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Heat rises, and this rig uses that to its advantage with vertical heat dissipation.
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Several hurricane forecast models predicted Kyle to weaken until dissipation.
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This caused its subsequent weakening and dissipation before reaching Hainan Island.
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- Breaking up and scattering by dispersion; "the dissipation of the mist"
- Profligacy: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
- Waste: useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"
- (dissipate) disperse: to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
- (dissipate) fritter: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
- (dissipate) live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
- (dissipated) debauched: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
- In physics, dissipation embodies the concept of a dynamical system where important mechanical modes, such as waves or oscillations, lose energy over time, typically due to the action of friction or turbulence. The lost energy is converted into heat, raising the temperature of the system. ...
- The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste; 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. ...
