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leakage

[lee-kij]
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noun
  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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Origin of leakage

First recorded in 1480–90; leak + -age
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Examples from the Web for leakage

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Historical Examples

  • Vose explained that the leakage was due to the roughness of the trail.

  • The amount of leakage is, therefore, in direct proportion to the number of fixtures.

    Rural Hygiene

    Henry N. Ogden

  • No article of commerce is so liable to waste and leakage as turpentine.

    Among the Pines

    James R. Gilmore

  • Every fuel hold was filled to capacity, with no leakage and no emanation.

    Masters of Space

    Edward Elmer Smith

  • They'd have it heavily shielded—there'll be no leakage at all.

    Masters of Space

    Edward Elmer Smith

British Dictionary definitions for leakage

leakage

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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Word Origin and History for leakage

n.

late 15c., from leak (v.) + -age.

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