leakage

American  

[lee-kij] / ˈli kɪdʒ /

noun

leakages plural

1. an act of leaking; leak.

2. something that leaks in or out.

3. the amount that leaks in or out.

4. Commerce. an allowance for loss by leaking.

5. Physics, Electricity. the loss of all or part of a useful agent, as of the electric current that flows through an insulator leakage current or of the magnetic flux that passes outside useful flux circuits leakage flux.

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leakage British  

/ ˈliːkɪdʒ /

noun

1. the act or an instance of leaking

2. something that escapes or enters by a leak

3. commerce an allowance made for partial loss (of stock, etc) due to leaking

4. physics

   1. an undesired flow of electric current, neutrons, etc

   2. ( as modifier )

      leakage current

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• leakages
  plural

Etymology

Origin of leakage

First recorded in 1480–90; leak + -age

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

leakage leakages

Detecting those signatures in nature would help confirm that the pressure driven leakage observed in the laboratory is occurring throughout the deep ocean.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

Southern Water has claimed it achieved a record year of leakage reduction, equating to 27 million litres per day, and has found and fixed 2,840 leaks since January.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

You can opt out of model training in settings under “data controls,” which allows you to turn off improving the model with your inputs and face less risk of data leakage.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

China wants to prevent leakage of "talent, tech data, capital", said Dylan Loh at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

The subtle knife was responsible for the small-scale, low-level leakage.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Officials have said massive financial "leakages" triggered the sudden halt, but they have not revealed the scale of the losses, with some telling AFP they were still working on an estimate.

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

With many more options for withdrawing money from accounts, leakages will increase.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026

It alleged that the DWP failed to adequately inspect or repair equipment, or to notify residents of leakages during the 1,085-day period when community members were potentially exposed to methane and other toxic chemicals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024

In tests in animals, the researchers found that every animal treated with the new gel showed rapid sealing, and there were no perforations, leakages, or bleeding in the week following the treatment.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2024

There are always leakages, sometimes very considerable leakages.

From The Betrayal by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

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