Thesaurus: dissipative

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1. a. Tending to dissipate.
2. Tending to dissipate. Dissipative system (Mech.), an assumed system of matter and motions in which forces of friction and resistances of other kinds are introduced without regard to the heat or other molecular actions which they generate; -- opposed to conservative system.
3. Tending to dissipate. Dissipative system (Mech.), an assumedsystem of matter and motions in which forces of friction andresistances of other kinds are introduced without regard to the heator other molecular actions which they generate; -- opposed toconservative system.
4. j:100 a. Tending to dissipate.