dissipative 
which go on in the first arc cumulative, instead of being, 
us iu the second, dissipative. 
U. Spencer, Study of Sociol., p. 324. 
2. Of or pertaining to the phenomenon of the 
dissipation of energy. See energy Dissipative 
function. Same as dissijtatioit.fi (It). Dissipative sys- 
tem, in physics, a system in which energy is dissipated. 
dissipativity (dis"i-pa-tiv'i-ti), . [< dissipa- 
tiee + -ity.~\ la physics: (a) Half the rate of 
the dissipation of energy in any given system. 
(6) The function which expresses this half rate. 
The electric energy U, the magnetic energy T, and the 
diisipativity Q. Philos. Mag., XXV. 131. 
dissitet (di-sif), a. [< LL. dissitus, lying apart, 
remote, < L. dis-, apart, + situs, placed: see dis- 
andsite.] Situated apart ; scattered; separate. 
Far (lignite from this world of ours, wherein we ever 
dwelt. Holland, tr. of Camden'a Britain, p. 46. 
dissociability (di-so-shia-bil'i-ti), M. [< dis- 
priv. + sociability.] 1. Want of sociability. 
Warburton. [Rare.] 2. Capability of being 
dissociated. 
dissociable (di-so'shia-bl), a. [< F. dissocia- 
ble, unsociable, dissociable, < L. dissociabilis, ir- 
reconcilable, <. dissociare, separate : see disso- 
ciate.] 1. Not well associated, united, or as- 
sorted ; not sociable ; incongruous ; not recon- 
cilable. 
They came in two by two, though matched in the most 
dissociable manner, and mingled together in a kind of 
dance. Addison, Vision of Public Credit. 
Not only all falsehood is incongruous to a divine mis- 
sion, but is dissociable with all truth. 
Warburton, Sermons, iii. 
2. Capable of being dissociated. 
When blood or a solution of oxyhiemoglobin is shaken 
up with carbon monoxide, the "dissociable" or "respira- 
tory" oxygen is displaced. Encyc. Brit., XX. 484. 
dissocial (di-so'shal), a. [< LL. dissocialis, irre- 
concilable, < L. dis- priv. + socialis, social : see 
dis- and social.'] 1. Unfriendly; interfering or 
tending to interfere with sociability or friend- 
ship. 2. Disinclined to or unsuitable for so- 
ciety ; not social ; contracted ; selfish : as, a dis- 
social passion. 
A dissocial man? Dissocial enough; a natural terror 
and horror to all phantasms, being himself of the genus 
reality. Carlyln, French Eev., III. vii. 2. 
dissocialize (di-so'shal-iz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
dissocialized, ppr. dissocializiitg. [< dissocial + 
-ize.~\ To make unsocial ; disunite. Clarke. 
dissociate (di-so'shi-at), v . t. ; pret. and pp. dis- 
sociated, ppr. dissociating. [< L. dissociatus, 
pp. of dissociare (> Sp. disociar = Pg. dissociar 
= F. dissocier), separate from fellowship, dis- 
join, < dis- priv. + sociare, associate, unite, < 
soc i us, a companion : see social] 1. To sever 
the association or connection of; dissever; dis- 
unite ; separate. 
By thus dissociating every state from every other, like 
deer separated from the herd, each power is treated with 
on the merit of his being a deserter from the common 
cause. Burke, A Regicide Peace. 
Unable to dissociate appearance from reality, the sav- 
age, thinking the elHgy of the dead man is inhabited by 
his ghost, propitiates it accordingly. 
//. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., 158. 
In passing into other races Christianity could not but 
suffer by being dissociated from the tradition of Jewish 
prophecy. It could not but lose the prophetic spirit, the 
eager study of the future. 
J. R. Seeleij, Nat. Religion, p. 223. 
Specifically 2. In chem., to separate the ele- 
ments of ; decompose by dissociation. 
Carbonic oxide, sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, ammo- 
nia, and hydriodic acid have been dissociated by various 
chemists. Ainer. Cyc., VI. 140. 
dissociation (di-so-shi-a'shon), n. [< F. disso- 
ciation = Sp. disociacion = Pg. dissociaf&o, < L. 
dissociatio(n-), a separation, < dissociare, pp. 
dissociatus, separate: see dissociate. Cf. asso- 
ciation, consociation.] 1. The severance of as- 
sociation or connection; separation; disunion. 
It will add . . . to the dissociation, distraction, and con- 
fusion of these confederate republics. 
Burke, Rev. in France. 
The dissociation reaches its extreme in the thoughts of 
the man of science. 
H. Spencer, Pop. Sci. Mo., XXIV. 348. 
Specifically 2. In chem., the resolution of 
more complex into simpler molecules by the 
action of heat. Also called thermolysis. Diso- 
ciation is applied by some authors to cases where the dis- 
sociated gases recombiue when the temperature falls, and 
thermolysis where the gases do not spontaneously recom- 
bine on cooling. Also disassociation. 
The word was first employed by Henri Sainte-Claire 
Ueville, who in November, 1857, read before the French 
Academy of Sciences a paper "On the Dissociation or 
Spontaneous Decomposition of Bodies under the Influ- 
ence of Heat." Amer. Cyc., VI. 139. 
1688 
dissociative (di-so'shia-tiv), a. [< dissociate + 
-ive.] Tending to dissociate; specifically, in 
chem., resolving or reducing a compound to its 
primary elements. 
The resolution of carbonic acid into its elements ... is 
one of the most familiar instances of this transformation 
of solar radiation into dissociative action. Edinburgh Ken. 
dissocioscope (di-so'shi-o-skop), H. [Irreg. < 
dissociation) + Gr. eitoxeiv, view.] A form of 
apparatus devised by Tommasi for showing the 
dissociation of ammoniacal salts. It consists of a 
glass tube within which is placed a strip of blue litmus- 
paper moistened with a neutral solution of ammonium 
chlorid. If the tube is plunged into boiling water, the 
ammonium chlorid is dissociated and the litmus-paper 
becomes red ; in cold water, the ammonia and hydrogen 
chlorid reunite and the paper becomes blue again. 
dissolubility (dis"o-lu-bil'i.-ti), . [= F. dis- 
solubilite = Sp. disolubilidad; as dissoluble + 
-ity : see -bility.] Capacity of being dissolved. 
Sir M. Hale. 
dissoluble (dis'o-lu-bl), a. [= F. dissoluble = 
Sp. disoluble = Pg. dissoluvel = It. dissolubilc, 
< L. dissolubilis, that may be dissolved, < dis- 
solvere, dissolve: see dissolve.'] 1. Capable of 
being dissolved; convertible into a fluid. 2. 
That may be disunited or separated into parts. 
The gentlest Shade that walked Elysian plains 
Might sometimes covet dissoluble chains. 
Wordsworth, Departure from Grasmere. 
If all be atoms, how then should the Gods 
Being atomic not be dissoluble ? 
Tennyson, Lucretius. 
dissolubleness (dis'o-lu-bl-nes), n. The quality 
of being dissoluble, llichardson. 
dissolute (dis'o-lut), a. [< ME. dissolut = OF. 
dissolu, F. dissolu = Pr. dissolut = Sp. disoluto 
= Pg. It. dissoluto, < L. dissolutus, loose, lax, 
careless, licentious, dissolute, pp. of dissolvere, 
loosen, unloose, dissolve: see dissolve.'] It. 
Loose; relaxed; enfeebled. 
At last, by subtile sleights she him betraid 
Unto his foe, a Gyaunt huge and tall ; 
Who him, disarmed, dissolute, dismaid, 
Unwares surprised. Spenser, F. Q., I. vii. 61. 
2. Loose in behavior and morals; not under the 
restraints of law ; given to vice and dissipation ; 
vicious ; wanton ; lewd : as, a dissolute man ; 
dissolute company. 3. Characterized by dis- 
soluteness ; devoted to pleasure and dissipa- 
tion : as, a dissolute life. 
And forasmuch as wee be in hand with laughinge, which 
is a signe of a vcrye light and dissolute ininde, let her see 
that slice laugh not vnmeasureably. 
rives, Instruction of a Christian Woman, I. 6. 
They made themselues garlands, and ran vp and downe 
after a dissolute maner. 
J. Brende, tr. of Quintus Curtius, viii. 
They are people of very dissolute habits. 
E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, II. 01. 
= Syn. 2 and 3. Immoral, Depraved, etc. (see criminal), 
uncurbed, unbridled, disorderly, wild, rakish, lax, licen- 
tious, profligate, abandoned, reprobate. 
dissolutedt (dis'o-lu-ted), p. a. [Pp. of "disso- 
lute, t\] Loosened; unconfined. 
The next, mad Mathesis ; her feet all bare, 
Uugirt, untrimm'd, with dissoluted hair. 
C. Smart, Temple of Dulness. 
dissolutely (dis'o-lut -li), adr. It. In a loose or 
relaxed manner ; so as to loosen or set free. 
Then were the prisons dissolutely freed, 
Both field and town with wretchedness to fill. 
Drayton, Barons' Wars, iv. 
2t. Unrestrainedly. 
I haue scene f orraine Embassadours in the Queens pres- 
ence laugh so dissolutely at some rare pastime or sport 
that hath beene made there, that nothing in the world 
could worse haue becomen them. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 244. 
3. In a moral sense, loosely ; wantonly ; in dis- 
sipation or debauchery ; without restraint : as, 
to spend money dissolutely. 
The queen's subjects lived dissolutely, vainly, and luxu- 
riously, with little fear of God and care of honesty. 
Strype, Abp. Parker, an. 1563. 
dissoluteness (dis'o-lut-nes), n. Looseness of 
manners and morals ; vicious indulgence in plea- 
sure, as in intemperance and debauchery ; dis- 
sipation : as, dissoluteness of life or manners. 
Our civil confusions and distractions ... do not only oc- 
casion a general licentiousness and dissoluteness of man- 
ners, but have usually a proportionally bad influence up- 
on the order and government of families. 
Tillotson, Sermons, I. i. 
dissolution (dis-o-lu'shpn), n. [< ME. dissolu- 
cioun, < OF. diss6lution,"F. dissolution = Pr. dis- 
solucio = Sp. disolucion = Pg. disxoluc.ao = It. 
dixmhisione, < L. dissolutio(n-), < dissolvere, pp. 
disHolutiiH, dissolve: see dissolve,] 1. The act of 
dissolving, or changing from a solid to a liquid 
state ; the state of undergoing liquefaction. 
dissolve 
A man ... as subject to heat as butter ; a man of con- 
tinual dissolution and thaw. Shak., M. W. of W., iii. 5. 
2t. The substance formed by dissolving a body 
in a menstruum ; a solution. Bacon. 3. Sep- 
aration into parts, especially into elementary 
or minute parts; disintegration; decomposi- 
tion or resolution of natural structure, as of 
animal or vegetable substances. Specifically 
4. Death; the separation of soul and body. 
Noblest minds fell often upon doubtful deaths and 
melancholy dissolutions. Sir T. Broicne, Uru-buiial, iv. 
We expected 
Immediate dissolution, which we thought 
Was meant by death that day. 
Milton, P. L., x. 1049. 
He waits the day of his dissolution with a resignation 
mixed with delight. Steele, Spectator, No. 263. 
5. Separation of the parts which compose a 
connected system or body : as, the dissolution 
of nature ; the dissolution of government. 
For, doutles, throuch diuisioun 
Proceidis dissolatioun. 
Lauder, Dewtie of Kyngis (E. E. T. S.), 1. 44. 
To make a present dissolution of the world. Hooker. 
If in any community loyalty diminishes at a greater 
rate than equity increases, there will arise a tendency to- 
ward social dissolution. U. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 464. 
6. The process of retrogression or degenera- 
tion: opposed to evolution. [Rare.] 
The evolution of a gas is literally an absorption of mo- 
tion and disintegration of matter, which is exactly the re- 
verse of that which we here call Evolution is that which 
we here call Dissolution. 
H. Spencer, First Principles, 97. 
7. The breaking up of an assembly or asso- 
ciation of any kind, or the bringing of its exis- 
tence to an end : as, a dissolution of Parliament, 
or of a partnership; the dissolution of the Eng- 
lish monasteries under Henry VIII. 
Dissolution is the civil death of Parliament. Elackstone. 
Henry IV., in 1402, invited both houses to dine with him 
on the Sunday after the dissolution. 
Stubbs, Const. Hist., 446. 
8f. The act of relaxing or weakening ; enerva- 
tion ; looseness or laxity, as of manners ; dis- 
sipation ; dissoluteness. 
A longing after sensual pleasures is a dissolution of the 
spirit of a man, and makes it loose, soft, and wandering. 
Jer. Taylor. 
9f. The determination of the requisites of 
a mathematical problem Dissolution of the 
Wood*, in med., that state of the blood in which it does 
not readily coagulate when withdrawn from the body. 
= Syn. 4 and 5. Termination, destruction, ruin. 7. Re- 
cess, prorogation, etc. See adjournment. 
dissolutivet (dis'o-lu-tiv), a. [< L. dissolutus, 
pp. of dissolvere, dissolve (see dissolve), + -ire.] 
Dissolving in the chemical sense. 
Because these last mentioned are the most unlikely to 
be readily dissoluble by a substance belonging to the ani- 
mal kingdom, ... I shall subjoin two trials that I made 
to evince this dissolutive power of the spirit of blood. 
Boyle, Human Blood. 
dissolvability (di-zol-va-bil'i-ti), n. [< dissolv- 
able: see-bility.] Capability of being dissolved ; 
solubility. 
dissolvable (di-zol'va-bl), a. [< dissolve + 
-able.'] Capable of being dissolved; that may 
be converted into a liquid : as, sugar and ice 
are dissolvable bodies. Also dissolvible. 
Man, that is even upon the intrinsick constitution of 
his nature dissolvible, must, by being in an eternal dura- 
tion, continue immortal. Sir J/. Hale, Orig. of Mankind. 
dissolvableness (di-zol'va-bl-nes), n. The 
character or state of being soluble. 
dissolve (di-zolv'), v.-. pret. and pp. dissolved, 
ppr. dissolving. [< ME. dissolven = OF. dessou- 
dre, dissoudre, dessouldre, later also dissoluer, 
dissolver, F. dissoudre = Pr. dissolvre, dissolver = 
Sp. disolver = Pg. dissolver = It. dissolvere, < L. 
dissolvere, loosen, unloose, disunite, dissolve, < 
dis-, apart, + solcere, loose : see solve. Cf . ab- 
solve, resolce.] I. trans. 1. To liquefy by the dis- 
integrating action of a fluid; separate and dif- 
fuse the particles of, as a solid body in a liquid ; 
make a solution of : as, water dissolves salt and 
sugar; to dissolve resin in alcohol; to dissolve 
a gas in a liquid. See solution. 2. In general, 
to melt ; liquefy by means of heat or moisture ; 
soften by or cover with moisture : chiefly figur- 
ative and poetical. See melt. 
With well-beap'd IOLTS rf/.-.-n/iv tin cold, 
And feed the genial hearth witli tires. 
Dryden, tr. of Horace, I. ix. 7. 
Our globe seen by God is a transparent hiw, not a mass 
of facts. The law dissolves the fact anil holds it fluid. 
Emerson, Essays, 1st ser., p. 274. 
3. To disunite; break up; separate into parts; 
loosen the connection of; destroy, as any con- 
nected system or body, or a union of feeling, 
interests, etc.; put an end to: as, to dissolve a 
