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Ohmic dissipation
  افتالِ اُهمی  
eftâl-e ohmi
Fr.: dissipation ohmique  

  1. A loss of electric energy due to conversion into heat when a current flows through a resistance. Same as Ohmic loss.

  2. In plasma physics, the energy released by charged particles as they make collisions with other particles.

See also: → Ohmic; → dissipation.