dissipation

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃən/

Noun

dissipation

1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
   • 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, Or, A Naturall Historie: In Ten Centuries

     without loss or dissipation of the matter

   • the famous dissipation of mankind

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.
   • 18th century', Patrick Henry in a parliamentary debate

     to reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance

3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
   • May 28 1733, letter from Alexander Pope to Jonathan Swift

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

4. (physics) A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system

Translations

• German: Zerstreuung, Zersplitterung, Zerteilung, Auflösung, Dissipation
• Russian: расходование

Translations

• German: Verschwendung, Verprassen, Ausschweifung, Verschleuderung, Durchbringen, Ausschweifungen
• Russian: расточительство

Translations

• German: Zeitvertreib, Ablenkung

Translations

• German: Dissipation, Leistungsverlust, Abführung, Ableitung
• Italian: dissipazione
• Russian: рассеивание
• Spanish: disipación

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