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Definitions of dissipate
  1. verb
    spend frivolously and unwisely
  2. verb
    move away from each other
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  3. verb
    to cause to separate and go in different directions
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  4. verb
    live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
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Definition that contains dissipate
  • v a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it
  • w a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
  • enlightening tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
  • wastrel someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
  • informative tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
  • illuminating tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
  • volt a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it
  • watt a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
  • var a unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere
  • waster someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
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