That dissipates, or causes dissipation

The condition of being dissipative

plural of dissipativity

The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.

One who, or that which, dissipates something.

(obsolete) Capable of being dissipated or dispersed.

(physics) The function governing the rate at which mechanical energy is converted to heat during viscous flow.

plural of dissipation function

The process in which an electric or electronic device produces heat (or other waste energy) as an unwanted byproduct of its primary action.

The value of energy loss rate of oscillation mode in a dissipative system.