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Webster 1913 Edition
dissipative
dis′si-pa-tive
(dĭs′sĭ-pā̍-tĭv)
, Adj.
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
.