verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
energy
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The net effect of these factors is to dissipate the energy of the returning hammer.
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As penniless brokers they often had to dissipate energy on make-do and mend activities.
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Such materials char and melt, rapidly absorbing and dissipating energy as they do so.
heat
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One has low power requirements, thereby dissipating little heat , the other has high-density circuitry.
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More efficient drives dissipate less heat and hence require smaller heat sinks-traditionally the largest component.
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This energy is dissipated as heat , and increases the amount of disorder in the universe.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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An evaporation system is used to dissipate heat from the sun and protect the shuttle's electronics.
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She had dissipated her fortune by the time she was twenty-five.
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The gas cloud had dissipated by late morning.
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They dissipated their inheritance money in a very short period of time.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Close to, the illusion of glowing feyness dissipated.
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He achieved little in his work and dissipated much of his time in an uncongenial student fraternity.
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How does a person not lose him or herself when he or she dissipates such a powerful building block of humanity?
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Kirov's anger dissipated somewhat as he played the recording over a couple of times.
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My father waited for the energy of my attack to dissipate .
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The other method is to dissipate the extra 3. 2 kilometers per second by passing through the upper atmosphere.
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The solid nitrogen is also dissipating faster than expected.