dissipation

  1. Noun.  The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
  2. Noun.  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.
  3. Noun.  A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
  4. Noun.  (physics) A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system.

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