DISSIPATION
\dˌɪsɪpˈe͡ɪʃən], \dˌɪsɪpˈeɪʃən], \d_ˌɪ_s_ɪ_p_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DISSIPATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
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A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
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A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
By Oddity Software
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The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
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A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
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A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Dispersion of morbid matters.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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