Dissipation

Definitions

1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
   countable, uncountable
2. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
   countable, uncountable
3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
   countable, uncountable
4. A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

17 more languages

العربيةالإنقشاعسرف

Bosanskidisipacijaдисипација

Ελληνικάδιασπορά

Suomidissipaatiohuikentelulaantuminen

Gàidhligana-caitheamh

Hrvatskidisipacijaдисипација

Italianodissipazione

日本語放蕩散逸消耗淫蕩発散自堕落+ 3 more

한국어음탕

Latinadissipatio

Македонскирасипништвораспространувањераспрснувањерасфрлањетрошење+ 2 more

Nederlandslosbandigheidtijdverdrijfverspreiding

Polskidyssypacjarozpustarozrzutność

Românădesfrâudezmățdisiparedisipațiedispersie+ 2 more

Русскийпотеряраспределениерассе́иваниерасточи́тельстворасходование+ 2 more

Српскиdisipacijaдисипација

Svenskaslöseri

Examples

“without loss or dissipation of the matter⟳”

“the famous dissipation of mankind”

“18th century, Patrick Henry in a parliamentary debate⟳ to reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance”

“I rose by candle-light, and consumed, in the intensest application, the hours which every other individual of our party wasted in enervating slumbers, from the hesternal dissipation or debauch.”

“He neither wept nor prayed; he cursed and defied: execrated God and man, and gave himself up to reckless dissipation.”

“[...] This is a surprise⟳ attack, and I’d no wish⟳ that the garrison, forewarned, should escape⟳. I am sure, Lord Stranleigh, that he has been descanting on the distraction of the woods and the camp, or perhaps the metropolitan dissipation of Philadelphia, [...]”

“An oil lamp burned upon a high, old-fashioned mantel, casting its dim rays over a dozen repulsive figures. All but one were men. The other was a woman of about thirty. Her face⟳, marked by low passions and dissipation, might once have⟳ been lovely.”

“Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations.”

“They conclude⟳[…] the planet will have⟳ a final period of rotation between 56 and 88 days, depending on the assumed form⟳ of the dissipation function.”

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