dissipation

dissipation englannista suomeksi

1. tuhlaus

2. hajoaminen

3. huikentelu

0. Substantiivi

dissipation englanniksi

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

2. (RQ:Bacon Sylva Sylvarum)

3. (RQ:Hale Mankind)

4. 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.

5. 18th century, (w) in a parliamentary debate

to reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance

6. (RQ:Bulwer-Lytton Pelham)

7. (RQ:Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights)

8. (quote-book)

9. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.

10. 1733 May 28, letter from (w) to (w):

Prevented from finishing them letters a thousand avocations and dissipations.

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

12. (quote-journal)|volume=208|issue=575|author=(w)|doi=10.1038/208575a0|title=Rotational Period of the Planet Mercury|passage=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.

13. clearing, (l), disappearance