No. 9,417 in French

dissipant

"Dissipant" in English means "wasteful" or "distracted."

In a sentence

Les adolescents sont souvent dissipants en classe.
Teenagers are often distracting in class.
In this sentence, 'dissipants' refers to teenagers behaving in a way that disrupts the classroom environment.
Ce médicament a un effet dissipant sur la douleur.
This medication has a dispersing effect on pain.
Here, 'dissipant' is used to describe the effect of the medication in lessening or dispersing pain.
La chaleur dissipante de l'appareil protège contre le surchauffage.
The heat dispersing from the device protects against overheating.
In this usage, 'dissipante' refers to the property of the device to expel heat, thereby preventing overheating.

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