dissipation

[US]/dɪsɪ'peɪʃ(ə)n/
[UK]/'dɪsə'peʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. dissipation; pointless diversion; disappearance, dispersal, wastage

Phrases & Collocations

wasteful dissipation

energy dissipation

emotional dissipation

financial dissipation

heat dissipation

power dissipation

dissipation factor

dissipation of energy

dissipation power

viscous dissipation

dissipation function

Example Sentences

the dissipation of the country's mineral wealth.

I melted the butter in a saucepan. Figuratively the term suggests gradual dispersion, dissipation, and disappearance:

The results show that the quantum noise in the dissipation microcircuit is determined by initial state of the circuit and the circuit parameter.

A high performance liquid chromatography method was used to determine linuron dissipation dynamics andfinal linuron residues in corn and soil.

The research is according to the underset energy dissipation problem of the release works in xianmi hydropower station in Xianmi village, Men Yuan county, Qinghai province.

The major nork of this paper is applying commercial CFD software to simulate heat dissipation of direct air-cooled condenser in power plants.

After experimental data processing, material's viscousness coefficient was acquired and a new method to determine fatigue limit by the threshold of plasticity energy dissipation was given.

Ambipolar transistors are attractive for realizing complementary-like organic integrated circuits, which operate with low power dissipation, wide noise margins and great operational stability.

Real-world Examples

Another part, probably more serious, is the dissipation of attention involved.

Source: The Economist - Technology

But of course he'd ruined his constitution by drink and dissipation.

Source: New Version of University English Comprehensive Course 4

Such materials can transport electricity without dissipation.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

His brown skin showed no signs of dissipation.

Source: The Woman at the Bottom of the Lake (Part 1)

Application and industry have been familiar to the one; idleness and dissipation to the other.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part Three)

I tried dissipation—never debauchery: that I hated, and hate.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

Yes, from dissipation of their energies-and worry because they never seem to get their work done.

Source: The virtues of human nature.

He would spend one week in dissipation and the next in diligent study at the Academy.

Source: Cliff (Part 1)

Her mind seemed wholly taken up with reminiscences of past gaiety, and aspirations after dissipations to come.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

I could not forget those words: " You are his dissipation, and will be his ruin" !

Source: Family and the World (Part 1)

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