What does Dissipate mean?
Definitions for Dissipate
ˈdɪs əˌpeɪtdis·si·pate
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Princeton's WordNet
disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatterverb
to cause to separate and go in different directions
"She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread outverb
move away from each other
"The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool awayverb
spend frivolously and unwisely
"Fritter away one's inheritance"
dissipateverb
live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
Wiktionary
dissipateverb
To drive away, disperse.
dissipateverb
To use up or waste.
dissipateverb
To vanish by dispersion.
Etymology: From dissipatus, past participle of dissipare, also written dissupare, from dis- + supare, also in comp. insipare.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To DISSIPATEverb
Etymology: dissipatus, Latin.
The heat at length grows so great, that it again dissipates and bears off those very corpuscles which before it brought. John Woodward, Natural History.
The circling mountains eddy in,
From the bare wild, the dissipated storm. James Thomson, Autumn.This slavery to his passions produced a life irregular and dissipated. Richard Savage, Life.
The wherry that contains
Of dissipated wealth the poor remains. London.
Wikipedia
dissipate
In thermodynamics, dissipation is the result of an irreversible process that takes place in homogeneous thermodynamic systems. In a dissipative process, energy (internal, bulk flow kinetic, or system potential) transforms from an initial form to a final form, where the capacity of the final form to do thermodynamic work is less than that of the initial form. For example, heat transfer is dissipative because it is a transfer of internal energy from a hotter body to a colder one. Following the second law of thermodynamics, the entropy varies with temperature (reduces the capacity of the combination of the two bodies to do work), but never decreases in an isolated system. These processes produce entropy at a certain rate. The entropy production rate times ambient temperature gives the dissipated power. Important examples of irreversible processes are: heat flow through a thermal resistance, fluid flow through a flow resistance, diffusion (mixing), chemical reactions, and electric current flow through an electrical resistance (Joule heating).
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dissipate
To dissipate generally means to disappear, vanish, or fade away. It can also refer to the act of scattering or dispersing something or using up or wasting resources, energies or possibilities.
Webster Dictionary
Dissipateverb
to scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored
Dissipateverb
to destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander
Dissipateverb
to separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates
Dissipateverb
to be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Dissipate
dis′i-pāt, v.t. to scatter: to squander: to waste.—v.i. to separate and disappear: to waste away: (coll.) to be dissolute in conduct.—adj. Diss′ipable, that may be dissipated.—p.adj. Diss′ipated, dissolute, esp. addicted to drinking.—n. Dissipā′tion, dispersion: state of being dispersed: scattered attention: a dissolute course of life, esp. hard drinking.—adj. Diss′ipative, tending to dissipate or disperse: connected with the dissipation of energy. [L. dissipāre, -ātum—dis, asunder, and obs. supāre, which appears in insipĕre, to throw into.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Dissipate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Dissipate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Dissipate in a Sentence
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.
It is fairly common for hurricanes to track towards Hawaii, but they usually dissipate or at least weaken considerably before impacting the islands, for example, both Lane and Olivia impacted Hawaii in 2018. Also, in 2016, both Lester and Madeline threatened Hawaii.
The glow of this will dissipate. The question is, are you building a record of moving people forward and taking people from poverty to the working middle class? you can't just hang your hat on one good deed.
When something that honest is said it usually needs a few minutes of silence to dissipate.
Explosions from Mount Cleveland typically produce relatively small volcanic ash clouds that dissipate within hours ; however, more significant ash emissions are possible.
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