dissipative
/ˈdɪsəˌpeɪtɪv/
adjective
- Tending to waste or use up energy, resources, or money in a careless way.
- The dissipative habits of the old regime drained the national treasury.
- His dissipative lifestyle left him broke and unhealthy.
- Engineers designed a less dissipative system to reduce energy loss.
- Relating to the gradual loss or dispersal of energy, as in physics or engineering.
- The dissipative nature of the shock absorber helps smooth out bumps.
- In a dissipative system, energy is not conserved and is lost to the surroundings.
- Friction is a dissipative force that converts motion into heat.
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