leakage

[lee-kij]

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noun

something that leaks in or out.

the amount that leaks in or out.

Commerce. an allowance for loss by leaking.

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).

Origin of leakage

First recorded in 1480–90; leak + -age

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Related Words for leakage

exposure, flow, crack, leakage, deluge, spurt, torrent, outburst, flood, stream, tide, outflow, progress, discharge, wind, movement, loss, outgoing, puncture, fissure

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Contemporary Examples of leakage

According to Russianoff, leakage is as much a problem on the platforms as it is are inside the cars.
Leaky Ceilings, Catcalls, and Uncaged Pythons: 4 Hours on NYC’s Worst Subway
Kevin Zawacki
August 8, 2014
But Clapper has also failed fundamentally to stanch the leakage of secrets so emblematic of his tenure atop the community.
Spy Chief James Clapper: We Can’t Stop Another Snowden
Eli Lake
February 24, 2014

Historical Examples of leakage

Vose explained that the leakage was due to the roughness of the trail.
A Waif of the Mountains
Edward S. Ellis
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

the act or an instance of leaking

something that escapes or enters by a leak

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

physics

an undesired flow of electric current, neutrons, etc
(as modifier)leakage current

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Word Origin and History for leakage

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