Leakage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or an instance of leaking.
  • n. Something that escapes by leaking.
  • n. An amount lost as the result of leaking.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. an act of leaking, or something that leaks
  • n. the amount lost due to a leak
  • n. an undesirable flow of electric current through insulation
  • n. loss of retail stock, especially due to theft
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.
  • n. An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.
  • n. A leak{3}; also; the quantity of electricity thus wasted.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A leaking; a passing, of a fluid, etc., by or as if by leaking.
  • n. The quantity of a fluid that enters or escapes by leaking; loss from leaking: as, the leakage amounts to so much.
  • n. In com., an allowance of a certain rate per cent. for the leaking of casks, or waste by leaking.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the discharge of a fluid from some container
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    run    discharge    outpouring   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    leaking    escape    seepage    percolation   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    leak    contamination    deterioration    emission    radiation    corrosion    torque    flux    density    voltage