Meaning of LEAKAGE
| Pronunciation: | | 'leekij
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| | Definition: | | [n] the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak" |
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| | Synonyms: | | escape, leak, outflow |
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| | See Also: | | discharge, outpouring, run | |
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\Leak"age\, n. [Cf. D. lekkage, for sense 1.]
1. A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by
leaking.
2. (Com.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the
leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.
\Leak"age\, n. (Elec.)
A leak; also; the quantity of electricity thus wasted.
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| | Related Terms: | | ablation, access, admission, break, breakout, consumption, decrease, decrement, deliverance, delivery, depletion, depreciation, dissipation, distillation, drain, dribble, drip, dripping, drippings, drop, emergence, entrance, entree, entry, erosion, escape, escapism, evaporation, evasion, exhaustion, expenditure, extrication, flight, freeing, getaway, import, importation, importing, impoverishment, income, incoming, infiltration, ingoing, ingress, ingression, input, insertion, insinuation, intake, interpenetration, introduction, introgression, intrusion, issuance, issue, jailbreak, leak, leaking, liberation, outlet, penetration, percolation, prisonbreak, reception, release, rescue, riddance, seepage, setting-free, shrinkage, trickle, using, using up, vent, wastage, waste, wearing, wearing away |
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