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leakage

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leak·age  (lkj)
n.
1. The act or an instance of leaking.
2. Something that escapes by leaking.
3. An amount lost as the result of leaking.

leakage [ˈliːkɪdʒ]
n
1. the act or an instance of leaking
2. something that escapes or enters by a leak
3. (Business / Commerce) Commerce an allowance made for partial loss (of stock, etc.) due to leaking
4. (Physics / General Physics) Physics
a.  an undesired flow of electric current, neutrons, etc
b.  (as modifier) leakage current
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.leakageleakage - the 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"
outpouring, discharge, run - the pouring forth of a fluid
Translations
leakage [ˈliːkɪdʒ] N
1. (lit) [of gas, liquid] → escape m, fuga f
2. (fig) → filtración f
leakage [ˈliːkɪdʒ] n [liquid, gas] → fuite f
leakage
n
(= act)Auslaufen nt; (of body fluids)Austreten nt; there’s a leakage of water into the oilda läuft or tropft Wasser ins Öl; there’s still a slight leakagees ist immer noch etwas undicht; the ground was polluted by a leakage of chemicalsder Boden war durch auslaufende Chemikalien verunreinigt
(fig) leakage of information (= act)Durchsickern ntvon Informationen; the government was worried by repeated security leakagesdie Regierung war besorgt, weil wiederholt Informationen durchgesickert waren
leakage [ˈliːkɪdʒ] n (of water, gas) → perdita
leakage [ˈliːkɪdʒ] n (of water, gas) → perdita


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Hereby the casks are sought to be kept damply tight; while by the changed character of the withdrawn water, the mariners readily detect any serious leakage in the precious cargo.
Leakage follows in the form of public works which are neither urgent nor necessary; troops re-uniformed and gold-laced over and over again; vessels sent on useless cruises; preparations for war without ever making it; paying the debts of a State, and not requiring reimbursement or insisting on security.
It was a desirable bungalow, eight-roomed, and heavily thatched against any chance of leakage from rain.
 
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