1679–1715,Gilbert Burnet, “(please specify the page)”, inThe History of the Reformation of the Church of England., London:[…] T[homas] H[odgkin] for Richard Chiswell,[…]:
So much for the effort and ingenuity of Montmartre. All the catering to vice and waste was on an utterly childish scale, and he suddenly realized the meaning of the word "dissipate"—todissipate into thin air; to make nothing out of something.
If he prefers the bar he can exchange views with a Major de Wildman of Lord knew whose army, who calls himself King Farouk's equerry and claims to have a private telephone link to Cairo so that he can report the winning numbers and take royal orders inspired by soothsayers on how todissipate the wealth of Egypt.
(physics) To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat.
1960 April, “English Electric diesels for the Sudan Railways”, inTrains Illustrated, page218:
The traction motors serve as generators when dynamic braking is used, the generated output beingdissipated in fan-cooled resistance banks mounted in a removable roof section.
2023 July 26, David Clough, “Technology progression defines Class 93”, inRAIL, number988, page54:
Regenerative braking is retained. Like rheostatic braking, this uses the traction motors to provide a braking effort, but the current developed is fed back into the overhead catenary rather thandissipated through resistance banks.
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