Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dissipator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: dis-si-pa-tor
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who, or that which, dissipates something.

Example Sentences

"The Population Factor is a dissipator or swamper of the gain in per capita income and hence of the redressal of poverty to that degree."

Etymology

From dissipate + -or.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dissipate

Inflected Forms

dissipators (plural) dissipater (alternative)

Questions

What does dissipator mean?: One who, or that which, dissipates something.
Where does dissipator come from?: From dissipate + -or.

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