Dissipative

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  dissipative \dis"si*pa*tive\ (d[i^]s"s[i^]*p[asl]*t[i^]v), a.
     Tending to dissipate.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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}.
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