dissipater
/ˈdɪsɪˌpeɪtər/
noun
- A person or thing that wastes money, time, or resources in a careless or foolish way.
- She called him a dissipater because he spent his entire paycheck on video games.
- The project failed because its leader was a dissipater of both funds and energy.
- The young heir was known as a dissipater of the family fortune.
- A device or material that causes something (such as heat, energy, or static electricity) to spread out and disappear.
- A heat sink acts as a dissipater, drawing warmth away from the computer processor.
- This special coating is a dissipater of infrared radiation, keeping the building cool.
- The engineer installed a static dissipater on the factory floor to prevent sparks.
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