👉 Dissipation is a concept in thermodynamics and heat transfer that describes how much energy is lost or absorbed by an object as it warms up. It can be defined as the loss of heat due to thermal conduction, convection, radiation, or other forms of thermal exchange between two objects. In simple terms, dissipation occurs when an object loses some of its internal energy (heat) in the form of heat transfer to the surroundings. This process is characterized by a negative temperature gradient and