dissipation /ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃən/ noun4 •The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. •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. — 1965 •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.I rose by candle-light, and consumed, in the intensest application, the hours which every other individual of our party wasted in enervating slumbers, from the hesternal dissipation or debauch. — 1828 •A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations. — 1733 formsdissipations
