Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which dissipates.
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- noun One who, or that which,
dissipates something.
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Examples
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Yes it can be a GHG, but it can also be a tremendous internal kinetic and electrical dissipator as well when it forms up into a mesocyclone or even less formiddible structures.
The "First" Assessed Likely Range for Climate Sensitivity « Climate Audit 2007
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Turks began to use him once more as AGENT PROVOCATEUR and dissipator of the energy generated by their local Syrian nationalists.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003
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Treatment of concrete by keeping its surface damp for the first seven days after placing, to ensure it develops its full strength dissipator
Chapter 7 1991
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For steep areas, large boulders, preferably at least 30 cm in diameter, can be used to build dissipator checkwalls held in place by wooden stakes (see Fig. 7, page 18).
2. Drainage options 1991
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He had no backbone, there was no foundation to build on and his case was declined as incurable, not altogether from the condition of his speech, but because it is useless and hopeless to attempt treatment of the stammerer who is also a chronic dissipator.
Stammering, Its Cause and Cure Benjamin Nathaniel Bogue
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THE CHRONIC DISSIPATOR: The fifth type of incurable might be called the "chronic dissipator" and his stammering is hopelessly incurable just as far as his habits are incurable.
Stammering, Its Cause and Cure Benjamin Nathaniel Bogue
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Molly most wonderful and touching; but when the mother came in and berated the lover, _Julien_, as "a rascal, a starveling, a dissipator"; and when _Louise_ defended him as being "so good, so courageous," and the mother retaliated by calling him the pillar of a wine shop and attempted to beat her daughter, Molly covered her eyes and wept, all unconscious of the amused glances of the occupants of the neighboring box.
Molly Brown's Orchard Home Nell Speed 1895
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My victor arms upper took a while to get fitted, and I once borrowed a friends Olympic Arms dissipator upper which fitted without filing, but was tight (I had to locate the front pin with the upper and lower at right angles and then hinge it backwards to locate the rear pin)
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Several different technologies have been applied by NASA to divert the strike energy to ground potentials with Air Terminals (lightning rods), surge protectors or the often-disputed use of static dissipator brushes.
Slashdot 2009
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§Çu nhÞp Span length ChiÒu dµi nhÞp Span that is loaded KhÈu ®é ®îc xÕp t¶i Span/depth ratio Tû lÖ chiÒu dµi nhÞp trªn chiÒu cao dÇm Spans in excess of 75000mm NhÞp dµi h¬n É SpansÕ flexibility coefficient HÖ sè mÒm cña c¸c nhÞp Special purpose vehicle Xe chuyªn dïng Special-purpose mechanical energy Bé phËn tiªu n¨ng c¬ häc chuyªn dông dissipator Specific gravity Tû träng, Träng l¬ng riªng Specific gravity Träng lîng thÓ tÝch cña c¸c h¹t r¾n Specific gravity test TN tØ träng Specific surface Tû diÖn Specific weight khèi lîng riªng
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