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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.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

leakage - 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" outflow, leak, escape 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 oil → da läuft or tropft Wasser ins Öl; there’s still a slight leakage → es ist immer noch etwas undicht; the ground was polluted by a leakage of chemicals → der Boden war durch auslaufende Chemikalien verunreinigt

(fig) leakage of information (= act) → Durchsickern nt → von Informationen; the government was worried by repeated security leakages → die Regierung war besorgt, weil wiederholt Informationen durchgesickert waren

leakage [ˈliːkɪdʒ] n (of water, gas) → perdita

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leakage [ˈliːkɪdʒ] n (of water, gas) → perdita