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dissipation

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISSIPATION

n. 1. The act of scattering; dispersion; the state of being dispersed; as the dissipation of vapor or heat.
2. In physics, the insensible loss or waste of the minute parts of a body, which fly off, by which means the body is diminished or consumed.
3. Scattered attention; or that which diverts and calls off the mind from any subject.
4. A dissolute, irregular course of life; a wandering from object to object in pursuit of pleasure; a course of life usually attended with careless and exorbitant expenditure of money, and indulgence in vices, which impair or ruin both health and fortune.
What! Is it proposed then to reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance, by filling his pockets with money?

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISSIPATION

Dis `si *pa "tion, n. Etym: [L. dissipatio: cf. F. dissipation. ]

 

1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. Without loss or dissipation of the matter. Bacon. The famous dissipation of mankind. Sir M. Hale.

 

2. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc. , are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc. ; dissoluteness. To reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance. P.Henry.

 

3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention. Prevented from finishing them [the letters ] a thousand avocations and dissipations. Swift. Dissipation of energy. Same as Degradation of energy, under Degradation.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dissipation

dis si pa tion |ˌdisəˈpāSHən ˌdɪsəˈpeɪʃən | ▶noun 1 dissipated living: a descent into drunkenness and sexual dissipation. 2 squandering of money, energy, or resources: the dissipation of the country's mineral wealth. • Physics loss of energy, esp. by its conversion into heat. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘complete disintegration ’): from Latin dissipatio (n- ), from the verb dissipare (see dissipate ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

dissipation

dis ¦si |pa ¦tion |dɪsɪˈpeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 dissipated living: a descent into drunkenness and sexual dissipation. 2 the squandering of money, energy, or resources: the dissipation of the country's mineral wealth. • Physics loss of energy through its conversion into heat. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘complete disintegration ’): from Latin dissipatio (n- ), from the verb dissipare (see dissipate ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dissipation

dissipation noun 1 drunken dissipation: debauchery, decadence, dissoluteness, dissolution, intemperance, excess, profligacy, self-indulgence, wildness; depravity, degeneracy; licentiousness, promiscuity; drunkenness. ANTONYMS asceticism. 2 the dissipation of our mineral wealth: squandering, frittering (away ), waste, misspending; expenditure, draining, depletion. ANTONYMS preservation, accumulation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dissipation

dissipation noun 1 a day of drunken dissipation: debauchery, decadence, dissoluteness, dissolution, intemperance, immoderation, excess, profligacy, abandonment, self-indulgence, wildness; depravity, degeneracy, corruption, sinfulness, immorality, vice, impurity; rakishness; licentiousness, promiscuity, lecherousness, lechery, libertinism, libertinage, wantonness, lustfulness, libidinousness, lewdness; drunkenness. ANTONYMS asceticism, restraint. 2 concern was expressed about the dissipation of the country's mineral wealth: squandering, frittering (away ), waste, misspending; expenditure, wild spending, draining, depletion, losing, loss. ANTONYMS saving, preservation.

 

Duden Dictionary

Dissipation

Dis si pa ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Dissipati o n |lateinisch ; »Zerstreuung, Zerteilung «Übergang einer umwandelbaren Energieform in Wärmeenergie

 

Dissipationssphäre

Dis si pa ti ons sphä re Substantiv, feminin , die |Dissipati o nssphäre |äußerste Schicht der Atmosphäre in über 800 km Höhe; vgl. Exosphäre

 

French Dictionary

dissipation

dissipation n. f. nom féminin 1 Fait de disparaître progressivement. : La dissipation du brouillard. 2 Dilapidation. : La dissipation d ’un héritage. 3 Distraction, indiscipline.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dissipation

d ì s si p á tion 名詞 U ｟かたく ｠1 (雲 霧 煙 熱などの )消散, 消失 .2 ｟非難して ｠(酒などによる )快楽 (生活 ), 放蕩 （ほうとう ）, 道楽三昧 （ざんまい ）.3 (金銭 時間 精力などの )浪費 .4 娯楽, 気晴らし .