verb
definition
To drive away, disperse.
definition
To use up or waste; squander.
definition
To vanish by dispersion.
definition
To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat.
definition
To be dissolute in conduct.
Examples of dissipating in a Sentence
Sensing her fear, he touched her arm, the edge of tension dissipating.
My business went down, my friendships were dissipating, my relationship with my family, wife and kids were all but gone.
The lovely young actress was named GQ's Obsession of the Year in 2007, and that interest shows no sign of dissipating soon.
Whilst this had a small heat sink on it, it was not dissipating the heat fast enough.
To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating.
By the release of the Roses' second album, the rather optimistically titled Second Coming in 1994, the forces that had initially gelled the band were visibly dissipating.
He found some of his wired energy dissipating at the long walk and change of scenery despite knowing nothing good had ever come from a meeting with Sasha.
No verbal formula can really enclose the life of a people or an age, but we can best understand the significant ^ of the old Greek cities and the life they developed, when, looking at the history of mankind as a whole, we see the part played by reason, active and critical, in breaking down the barriers by which custom hinders movement, in guiding movement to definite ends, in dissipating groundless beliefs and leading onwards to fresh scientific conquests - when we see this and then take note that among the ancient Greeks such an activity of reason began in an entirely novel degree and that its activity in Europe ever since is due to their impulsion.
Galileo Galilei, Kepler's most eminent contemporary, took a foremost part in dissipating the obscurity that still hung over the very foundations of mechanical science.
Most fevers caused by infections are acute, appearing suddenly and then dissipating as the immune system defeats the infectious agent.