power dissipation
Meanings
noun
- The process in which an electric or electronic device produces heat (or other waste energy) as an unwanted byproduct of its primary action.
Word forms
Etymology
power (“electric power”) + dissipation (“loss of energy (usually as heat) from a dynamic system”)
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