Zerstreuung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dissipation noun The process of scattering or spreading something out until it disappears, or the waste this causes.
- distraction noun Something that pulls your attention away from what you should be doing.
- diversion noun Something done to distract attention from what is really happening.
- scattering noun A small, irregularly spread amount of something.
- sprinkling noun A small, thinly scattered amount of something.
Senses
Zerstreuung is used for these senses in English:
- dissipation The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
- distraction The process of being distracted.
- diversion A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
- scattering (physics) The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.
- sprinkling A scattering.
dissipation — full definition
- noun The process of scattering or spreading something out until it disappears, or the waste this causes.
- noun A lifestyle of excess, wasting time, money or health in the pursuit of pleasure.
- noun A small thing that wastes time or takes your attention away from something else.
- noun (physics) The gradual loss of energy from a system, usually given off as heat.
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