dissipation

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

   “without loss or dissipation of the matter”

2. isim 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. isim A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.

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

4. isim A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system.

   “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.”