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Dissipating Dissipate Dis"si*pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Dissipating.] [L. dissipatus, p. p. of
dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.]
1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear;
-- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never
again be collected or restored.
Dissipated those foggy mists of error. --Selden.
I soon dissipated his fears. --Cook.
The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate
all intellectual energy. --Hazlitt.
2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to
squander.
The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated.
--Bp. Burnet.
Syn: To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste;
consume; lavish.
Dissipation Dissipation Dis`si*pa"tion, n. [L. dissipatio: cf. F.
dissipation.]
1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of
dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
Without loss or dissipation of the matter. --Bacon.
The famous dissipation of mankind. --Sir M. Hale.
2. 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.
To reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and
extravagance. --P. Henry.
3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a
thousand avocations and dissipations. --Swift.
Dissipation of energy. Same as Degradation of energy,
under Degradation.
Dissipation of energy Dissipation Dis`si*pa"tion, n. [L. dissipatio: cf. F.
dissipation.]
1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of
dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
Without loss or dissipation of the matter. --Bacon.
The famous dissipation of mankind. --Sir M. Hale.
2. 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.
To reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and
extravagance. --P. Henry.
3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a
thousand avocations and dissipations. --Swift.
Dissipation of energy. Same as Degradation of energy,
under Degradation.
Dissipative Dissipative Dis"si*pa*tive, a.
Tending to dissipate.
Dissipative system (Mech.), an assumed system of matter and
motions in which forces of friction and resistances of
other kinds are introduced without regard to the heat or
other molecular actions which they generate; -- opposed to
conservative system.
Dissipative system Dissipative Dis"si*pa*tive, a.
Tending to dissipate.
Dissipative system (Mech.), an assumed system of matter and
motions in which forces of friction and resistances of
other kinds are introduced without regard to the heat or
other molecular actions which they generate; -- opposed to
conservative system.
Dissipativity Dissipativity Dis`si*pa*tiv"i*ty, n.
The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into
other forms of energy.
