'dissipative' definitions:
Definition of 'dissipative'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]