dissipativeadj.
Tending to dissipate, having the property of dissipating.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > serving or tending to scatter
dispersive1628
disseminative1660
dissipative1684
respersive1898
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [adjective] > driven away in all directions > having property of dispelling
dissipative1889
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician v. 147 These concretes do breathe out..an Armoniack, or dissipative scent.
1839–44 M. F. Tupper Proverb. Philos. (1852) 373 The dissipative fashions of society.
1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. xiii. 324 Certain actions which go on in the first are cumulative, instead of being, as in the second, dissipative.
1889 Russell in Nature 21 Nov. 61 The apparently dissipative action of the air on London smoke.
Derivatives
dissipaˈtivity n. in Physics a quantity expressing the rate of dissipation of energy: also called dissipation-function.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > [noun] > loss of conduction > rate of
dissipativity1879
1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §345 [This] function of the velocities..has been called by Lord Rayleigh the Dissipation Function. We prefer to call it Dissipativity. It expresses the rate at which the palpable energy of our supposed cycloidal system is..dissipated away into other forms of energy.
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