Dissipative

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  • adj. That dissipates, or causes dissipation
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Tending to dissipate.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Tending to dissipate or disperse; dispersive.
  • Of or pertaining to the phenomenon of the dissipation of energy. See energy.
    • Word Usage
    "(The analogy doesn't quite work, however, because human society more closely resembles what Prigogine termed a dissipative system, a type of system far from thermodynamic equilibrium due to the large flows of energy through the system)."
    Cross Reference
    dissipative function    dissipative system   
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