dissipation

dissipate | American Dictionary

dissipate
verb[ I/T ]
us/ˈdɪs·əˌpeɪt/
to disappear gradually, or to cause something to disappear gradually:
[ T ]It took months of effort to dissipate the oil spill in the North Sea.

dissipation

noun[ U ]us/ˌdɪs·əˈpeɪ·ʃən/

Examples of dissipate

dissipate
This correction is valid as long as the thickness to be traversed is not so long as to dissipate the shock wave.
A simple, non-precipitating cloud model was also added, so that clouds could form and dissipate as the atmospheric thermal structure evolved toward equilibrium.
They concluded that unless this heat was dissipated, it would slow imbibition of vapour.
The final state comprises two counter-rotating vortices which dissipate.
The viscosity dissipates the fluctuation energy with conservation of helicity.
Neurons summate inputs and fire in bursts, other neurons react with longer latencies, the sensory signal is repeatedly reorganized, and the activity eventually dissipates.
As communication technologies and medical implants become more commonplace in the provision of medical services, this traditional view will and should continue to dissipate.
Each member of this hierarchy is a hyperbolic system that has a flux limited by the speed of light and which dissipates entropy locally.
Every member of this family is hyperbolic, flux-limited, and possesses a locally dissipated entropy.
This heat, if not dissipated properly, may damage the permanent magnets.
The sine waves are not as blended together as was hoped, but every so often interesting timbres magically solidify and then dissipate.
An appropriate initial observation date is 1967 because it allows ample time for any possible synchronization from the initial wave of post-war elections to dissipate.
Instead, trilling woodwind engage in a dialogue with the brass as the energy slowly dissipates, and the work ends unresolved.
When this lack of shared goals occurs, collaboration does not take place and the activity dissipates into a confusing exchange of information, meaningful or otherwise.
The activation of a combinatorial node does not dissipate immediately and can therefore facilitate processing of the same structure in subsequent discourse.
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