dissipation

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

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noun
breaking up and scattering by dispersion

The dissipation of the mist.

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Synonyms

debauchment dispersion decadence overindulgence profligacy

Opposites

accretion

Word family

Forms dissipations

Derived forms dissipationaldissipationlessdistrailnondissipation

Related forms dissipate

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Phrases (1)

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heat dissipation
the process by which heat spreads away from an object or system

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English dissipacion, dissipacioun, from Late Latin dissipātiō. Morphologically dissipate + -ion.

dissipacion Middle English dissipātiō la-lat

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