"power dissipation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: power (“electric power”) + dissipation (“loss of energy (usually as heat) from a dynamic system”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} power dissipation (uncountable)
  1. The process in which an electric or electronic device produces heat (or other waste energy) as an unwanted byproduct of its primary action. Wikipedia link: CPU_power_dissipation Tags: uncountable Translations (waste of power as heat): tehohäviö (Finnish), tehonhukka (Finnish), Leistungsaufnahme [feminine] (German)
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