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Definition: Dissipation |
DissipationNoun1. Breaking up and scattering by dispersion; "the dissipation of the mist". 2. Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure. 3. Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly: "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dissipation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Dissipation \Dis`si*pa"tion\, noun. [Latin expression dissipatio: compare to the French expression dissipation.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | The electrical power, plus that due to incident radiation, converted to heat in a semiconductor device, or in a part of such a device. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The heat absorbed and transferred to the surrounding ambient by a heat sink. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Physics | The transfer of sound energy into heat. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: DissipationSynonyms: dissolution (n), licentiousness (n), profligacy (n), waste (n), wastefulness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Round of pleasures, dissipation, a short life and a merry one, racketing, holiday making. |
Impurity | Incontinence, intrigue, faux pas; amour, amourette; gallantry; debauchery, libertinish, libertinage, fornication; liaison; wenching, venery, dissipation. |
Intemperance | Dissipation; licentiousness; Adjective: debauchery; crapulence. |
Verb: be intemperate; Adjective: indulge, exceed; live well, live high, live high on the fat of the land, live it up, live high on the hog; give a loose to indulgence; Noun: wallow in voluptuousness; Noun: plunge into dissipation. | |
Nonassemblage Dispersion | Noun: {opp. } dispersion; disjunction; divergence; aspersion; scattering; Verb: dissemination, diffusion, dissipation, distribution; apportionment; spread, respersion, circumfusion, interspersion, spargefaction; affusion. waifs and estrays, flotsam and jetsam, disjecta membra; waveson. |
Physical Pleasure | Noun: pleasure; physical pleasure, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure; bodily enjoyment, animal gratification, hedonism, sensuality; luxuriousness. Adjective: dissipation, round of pleasure, titillation, gusto, creature comforts, comfort, ease; pillow. (support); luxury, lap of luxury; purple and fine linen; bed of downs, bed of roses; velvet, clover; cup of Circe. (intemperance). |
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Screenplays | Quality stress dissipation opportunities here. (Drop the Dead Donkey; writing credit: Andy Hamilton; Guy Jenkin) | |
Clever | Intellectual ''work'' is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward. (references; author: Mark Twain) | |
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It was on the whole a rare amusement, which, continued too long, might have become a dissipation. |
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Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | The result of economic dissipation to a nation is always moral decay. |
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| "Dissipation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dissipation" is used about 86 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 86 | 35,638 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "dissipation". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Pirathon | N/A | Biblical | His dissipation or deprivation |
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Expressions using "dissipation": Dissipation of energy ♦ dissipation trail ♦ fog dissipation ♦ heat dissipation ♦ plunge into dissipation. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dissipation | 12 |
heat dissipation | 11 |
dissipation factor | 7 |
capacitor dissipation factor | 5 |
dissipation viscous | 3 |
dissipation power | 3 |
dissipation heat hole pcb via | 2 |
dissipation heat ups | 2 |
dissipation formation gall stone | 2 |
dissipation dram power | 2 |
energy dissipation | 2 |
alloy dissipation heat | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "dissipation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | davaritje, dëfrim (amusement, dalliance, entertainment, fun, gaiety, jinks, ploy), shthurje (depravity, laxity, lecherousness, lechery, profligacy, unbraiding, undoing, venery), shpërndarje (allocation, apportion, deal, delivery, deployment, diaspora, diffusion, dismissal, dismission, dispensation, dispersal, dispersion, dissolution, distribution, division, layout, share out, spread, spreading), argëtim (amusement, cabaret, distraction, diversion, divertissement, entertainment, fun, jamboree, merriment, merrymaking, pastime, ploy, razzle-dazzle, recreation, relaxation, revel, rollick, sport, sporting, spree, tittup), çoroditje (anility, confusion, corruption, embarrassment, perversion, perversity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فجور (bawdry, dissoluteness, immorality, libertinism, licence, license, profligacy, wantonness, whoredom), تفريق (differentiation, separation, strewing), تفرق (break up, disunion, divide, part, parting, pass off, separate, split up, straggle, strewing, thin), تهتك (go to town, profligacy), تسلية (amusement, distraction, diversion, entertainment, pastime, play, rec, recreation, relaxation, resource, sport), تبذير (extravagance, frittering away, improvidence, prodigality, profligacy, profusion, squandering, throwing away, wastefulness, wasting), تبديد (dispersal, dispersion, removal, scattering, squandering, waste), خلاعة (dissoluteness, immorality, lewdness, libertinism, porn, pornography, profligacy, wantonness), إنغماس في الملذات, إسراف في الانفاق. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разсеяно внимание, разсейване (aberration, avocation, diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, distraction, scattering), разпуснатост (incontinence, laxity, licence, license, loose, profligacy), разпръскване (diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, scattering), прахосване (squandering, wastage, waste), пилеене (scattering, waste, wasting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 散逸. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rozptýlení (dispersal, distraction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | varmeafledning, tab (loss), effekttab, effektforbrug. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | uitspatting (debauchery, excess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | diboĉo (debauchery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | drykkjuskapur (debauchery, excess), gamansleikur (debauchery, excess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | häviö (defeat, destruction, downfall, fall, loss, ruin), energiahäviö. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dissipation (dispersal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verschwendung (extravagance, prodigality, profuseness, wastage, waste, wastefulness), Vertreibung (ejection, eviction, expulsion, ousting, repelling, turnout), Verschleuderung, ausschweifung (debauchery, excess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μετατροπή σε θερμότητα, παραλυσία (debauchery), ακολασία (debauch, debauchery, lewdness, licentiousness, orgy, profligacy, profligate, promiscuity, rakishness, wantonness), απώλειες ενέργειας, διάλυση (annulment, breakup, dialysis, dilution, disbandment, disintegration, dissolution, maceration, resolution, solution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פזור (demilitarization, diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, distribution, scatter, scattered, scattering, spread), חיי "וללות, "תפר"ות (decomposition, disintegration, parting, separation), בזבוז (squandering, wastage, waste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tékozlás (extravagance, lavishment, lavishness, prodigality, profligacy, wasting), szétszórás (diffusion, disarrangement, dispersal, scattering, spreading), kicsapongás (crapulence, debauchery, excess, lecherousness, licentiousness, profligacy, toot, vice), eltékozlás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | disipasi, pemborosan (extravagance, wasting), menghilangnya. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dissipazione (thriftlessness, wasting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | '色 (sensual pleasures, wine and women), 蕩尽 (squandering), "楽 (dissipated, hobby, pastime), 淫蕩 (lewdness), 消散 (dispersion, evaporation), "蕩 (prodigality), 濫費 (lavish spending, waste), 乱費 (lavish spending, waste), 乱行 (debauchery, misconduct, profligacy, violent conduct), 不"行 (fornication, misconduct, unchastity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゅしょく (portable candlestick, predominant color, sensual pleasures, staple food, wine and women), しょうさ" (admiration, chances of success, commendation, dispersion, evaporation, nitric acid, praise, prospects of victory), ふひ""う (fornication, misconduct, unchastity), どうらく (dissipated, hobby, pastime), ほうとう (clique, faction, gun turret, light of Buddhism, prodigality, reply to the throne, summit of a peak, treasured sword, two-storied Buddhist tower, votive lantern), い"とう (lewdness, pharyngeal, pharynx, seal-engraving knife), ら"ぎょう (debauchery, misconduct, profligacy, violent conduct), ら"ぴ (lavish spending, waste), とうじ" (a Chinese, a party man, foreigner, islanders, minute investigation, squander, squandering, sword blade, thorough inquiry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 난봉. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | stroie (annihilate, destroy, dissipate, kill off, put down, waste, waste wealth), skeaylley (bestrew, breed, cast loose, demobilization, diffract, diffuse, diffusion, disband, discharge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissolution, dissolve, draw apart, drop away, leakage, liquidate, looseness, release, resolution, resolve, run out, scatter, scattering, scramble, slacken, slackening, slip, spread, spreading, spring, sprinkle, sprinkling, undoing, unfix, unfurl, unfurling), lheie (assimilation, blow, blow of fuse, blow out, blowing, digest, disappear, dissipate, dissolution, dissolve, fuse, liquefaction, liquefy; digestion, melting, smelt, smelting, soften), jummal (dissipate, fritter, squander, squanderer, waste, wastefulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | spredning (diffusion), ødsling. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | issipationday dissipação (fastness, offscourings, riot, waste). (various references) dezmãţ (anarchy, confusion, debauchery, disorder, ordure, riot), destrãbãlare (debauchery, dissoluteness, libertinism, licence, license), desfrâu (debauch, dissoluteness, incontinence, lechery), risipire (waste), risipã (extravagance, gash, improvidence, prodigality, squander, squandering, waste), irosire (waste), cheltuialã nechibzuitã, berbantlâc (debauchery, dissoluteness, rakishness), împrãştiere (disbandment, dispersal). (various references) рассеяние (dispersion). (various references) rasturanje (dispersal, scatter), rasipanje (squandering, wastage, waste, wasting). (various references) disipación (removal). (various references) värmeutstrålning, utsvävningar (debauchery, excesses), utstrålning (aura, charisma, emission), sus och dus (racket), slöseri (expenditure, extravagance, profligacy, profusion, wastage, waste, wastefulness, wasting), skingrande (dispersive), förslösande, förlusteffekt, förlust (deprivation, detriment, disadvantage, forfeit, forfeiture, loss). (various references) dağıtma (allocation, dealing, delivery, dismantlement, dispensation, distributing, split up), yayma (circulation, communication, diffusion, dissemination, distribution, divulgation, divulgement, divulgence, emission, evolution, laying, promulgation, propagation, spreading, suffusion), sefahat (debauch, debauchery, dissoluteness, libertinage, libertinism, profligacy, riotous living), israf (extravagance, improvidence, prodigality, profusion, squander, squandering, wastage, waste, wastefulness), giderme (effacement, elimination, obviation, removal), enerji yitimi, aşırılık (deadliness, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, extravagance, extreme, extremism, frenzy, insobriety, intemperance, intenseness, intension, rampancy, vagaries, vagary), çapkınlık (debauchery, dissoluteness, lechery, libertinage, libertinism, licentiousness, profligacy, rascality, roguery, vice). (various references) розсіювання (dispersal, scatter, scattering), розклад (analysis, calendar, contamination, curriculum, decadency, decomposition, schedule, syllabus, time sheet, timetable), марнування. (various references) sự xua tan, cuộc sống phóng đãng. (various references) oferedd (vanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "dissipation": dissipations. (additional references) | |
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"Dissipation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dessimation, disapation, dssipation. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dissipation" (pronounced di'supā"shun) |
| 8 | -i' s u p ā" sh u n | anticipation, participation. |
| 7 | -s u p ā" sh u n | emancipation. |
| 6 | -u p ā" sh u n | constipation, occupation, preoccupation. |
| 5 | -p ā" sh u n | usurpation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-i-i-n-o-p-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: satinpods. | |
-3 letters: adiposis, distains, pianists, pintados, sandpits, satinpod, sinopias. | |
-4 letters: distain, dopants, insipid, isatins, isospin, pandits, passion, pianist, pintado, pissant, pistons, postins, ptisans, sandpit, sinopia, spintos. | |
-5 letters: adonis, adopts, danios, dipsas, dipsos, dopant, idiots, insist, iodins, isatin, odists, opsins, paints, pandit, pantos, pastis, patins, patios, patois, pianos, pinots, pintas, pintos, piston, pitons, poinds, points. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-i-i-n-o-p-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: dissipations. | |
+2 letters: dispositional. | |
+4 letters: repudiationists. | |
+5 letters: antiaphrodisiacs. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 73 69 70 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... ... .. .--. .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01110000 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s s i p a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0073 0069 0070 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3875858575826786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Derived from 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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