How to Use dissipation in a Sentence
dissipation
noun- He lived a life of dissipation.
- Insulation helps prevent the dissipation of heat from houses in the winter.
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These chambers are used on most smartphones today for better heat dissipation, allowing for smoother sustained performance when playing games.
— Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 10 July 2024 -
Rather, to clear the air, and to demonstrate dissipation of any hard feelings.
— chicagotribune.com, 26 July 2021 -
The fast movement, combined with dry air from land and high wind shear over the Caribbean should lead to the dissipation of the storm during the middle of the week.
— Taylor Ward, CNN, 20 June 2017 -
There appear to be heat dissipation vents on the top of the consoles as well, so an upright stance may be preferred.
— Louryn Strampe, Wired, 11 June 2020 -
From touchdown to dissipation, the Quad-State Tornado may have spent a stunning four hours on the ground.
— Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2021 -
The mattresses are foam-coil hybrids, in which the coils allow for air flow and heat dissipation.
— Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 31 May 2023 -
Owens’ clients who have had success saw the dissipation of chronic pain as well as a boost in mood and energy.
— Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 1 June 2018 -
Lawrence points to the escalation of the American war in Vietnam as a major reason for the dissipation of the high hopes of the Kennedy years.
— Erez Manela, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021 -
Their thin hair and flapping ears help with heat dissipation.
— Jeff Goodell, Time, 6 July 2023 -
Eventually, the body is unable to send enough blood to both the working muscles and the skin for heat dissipation.
— Susan Yeargin, Chron, 1 Aug. 2022 -
The parental makeover, after months of dissipation and neglect, lands poorly at first.
— Time, 23 Jan. 2023 -
The easiest and most obvious takeaway is the return of suiting to menswear’s fore and the dissipation of streetwear from the catwalks.
— Steff Yotka, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2020 -
Overall, Asus has done a great job addressing heat dissipation on the Scar II.
— Stefan Etienne, The Verge, 17 July 2018 -
Eventually, the body is unable send enough blood to both the working muscles and the skin for heat dissipation.
— Susan Yeargin, The Conversation, 1 Aug. 2022 -
The body of this nail drill is made with aluminum alloy, which contributes to heat dissipation.
— Catharine Malzahn, Good Housekeeping, 4 Aug. 2022 -
But, just as the dissipation of a friendship might be blamelessly shared, so, too, is the work of its possible return.
— Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 11 June 2021 -
The show uses red dust to convey the dissipation of memories.
— Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 26 Mar. 2018 -
The heatsink uses more metal than the fake for, likely, better heat dissipation.
— Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2023 -
Since then, ice has retreated and advanced, over and over, largely in accordance with the buildup and dissipation of greenhouse gases in the air.
— Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 June 2024 -
No slow dissipation for the Trashers, no aging and decline.
— Rich Cohen, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2018 -
States of weariness or dissipation; the early hours when everyone else is home and safely asleep.
— Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024 -
Would staying away a bit longer provide more time for the dissipation of the fumigation and address your health concern?
— Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022 -
No, not all the important painting and sculpture produced here in the 1960s depicts figures in some state of dissipation.
— Charles Desmarais, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2018 -
That could include a loss of 6 million jobs, a surge to 9 percent unemployment, and the dissipation of as much as $15 trillion in household wealth.
— Tim O'Donnell, The Week, 21 Sep. 2021 -
More fish in San Francisco Bay could soon die, due to a combination of the weekend heat wave and — oddly enough —the dissipation of the enormous algae bloom.
— Claire Hao, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Sep. 2022 -
The one area that needs improvement, according to AnandTech, is heat dissipation.
— Chris Smith, BGR, 5 Oct. 2021 -
The Xiaomi 12 Pro has a larger vapor chamber and three large heat dissipation graphite sheets.
— Chris Smith, BGR, 28 Dec. 2021 -
The site ranked the flight paths based on their average eddy dissipation rates (EDR), a measure of how quickly air disturbances work themselves out of the atmosphere.
— Melvin Backman, Quartz, 3 July 2024
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