dissipation

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French dissipation, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin dissipatio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

dissipation (countable and uncountable, plural dissipations)

1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
   • (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     without loss or dissipation of the matter

   • (Can we date this quote by Sir M. Hale and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     the famous dissipation of mankind

2. 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.
   • 18th century', Patrick Henry in a parliamentary debate

     to reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance

   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[1]:

     “… This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. I am sure, Lord Stranleigh, that he has been descanting on the distraction of the woods and the camp, or perhaps the metropolitan dissipation of Philadelphia, …”

3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
   • May 28 1733, letter from Alexander Pope to Jonathan Swift

     Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations.

4. (physics) A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system

Translations

act or state of dispersing

• German: Zerstreuung (de) f, Zersplitterung f, Zerteilung f, Auflösung (de) f, Dissipation f
• Japanese: 散逸 (さんいつ, san'itsu)
• Latin: dissipātiō f
• Romanian: disipare (ro) f, dispersie (ro) f, disipație f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: расходование (ru) (rasxodovanije), рассеивание (ru) (rasseivanije), распределение (ru) (raspredelenije)
• Swedish: slöseri (sv)
• Tagalog: paglilimayon

dissolute way of life

• German: Verschwendung (de) f, Verprassen n, Ausschweifung (de) f, Verschleuderung f, Durchbringen n, Ausschweifungen (de) pl
• Romanian: dezmăț (ro) n, desfrâu (ro) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: расточительство (ru) (rastočitelʹstvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: ana-caitheamh m

trifle which wastes or distracts

• German: Zeitvertreib (de) m, Ablenkung (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

loss of energy

• German: Dissipation f, Leistungsverlust m, Abführung f, Ableitung (de) f
• Italian: dissipazione (it) f
• Japanese: 散逸 (さんいつ, san'itsu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: рассеивание (ru) (rasseivanije), потеря (ru) (poterja)
• Spanish: disipación (es) f
• Tagalog: paglilimayon

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} разсейване (bg) (razsejvane), ^{(please verify)} разпръскване (bg) (razprǎskvane)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Zerstreuung (de)
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• Greek: ^{(please verify)} διάχυση (el) (diáchysi), ^{(please verify)} διασπορά (el) (diasporá)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} disipacija (sh) f

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French

Etymology

From dissiper +‎ -tion

Pronunciation

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Noun

dissipation f (plural dissipations)

1. clearing, dissipation, disappearance

Further reading

• “dissipation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.