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leakage
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., from leak (v.) + -age .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In electronics , leakage may refer to a gradual loss of energy from a charged capacitor . It is primarily caused by electronic devices attached to the capacitors, such as transistors or diodes, which conduct a small amount of current even when they are ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leakage \Leak"age\, n. [Cf. D. lekkage, for sense ] 1. A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking. (Com.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking. (Elec.) A leak[3] ; also; the ...
Usage examples of leakage.
Great care should be had, in attaching its roof to the adjoining outer wall, to prevent leakage of any kind.
Under these conditions, there was a continued but small leakage into the caisson of from 15,000 to 20,000 gal.
In addition to her existing array, the Hawkbill has been fitted with submersible gamma spectrometers in order to detect the presence and location of possible leakage from the plug.
Other leakage mechanisms include external licensing and departing employees.
There was obviously some leakage, Isaac thought, from the edge of his helmet, some trickles of thought that wafted tantalizingly through the aether.
This causes skin breakage and the leakage of fermentation byproducts rich in butyric acids.
Whichever way he faced it, and no matter how carefully thought out were the plans that Minks devised, these leakages cropped up and mocked him.
The pressure gauge on the main propane tank had been shut off to prevent leakage.
The dying man was asking about a leakage from Willey Water into one of the pits.
Air leakage from the nose deadlight was cut to an almost bearable minimum by redesigning the assembly with great, ungainly silicone gaskets.
The gastight bulkhead would prevent any leakage, but depending on how much coolant ran off the reactor during descent, it could give off a lethal dose of radiation to the operators standing in the compartment just below.
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There was some leakage at the seams, but it did not amount to more than the coconut-shell bailers could handle.
Vega Jumpoff as thick-gasketed hatches thudded shut, sealing off the section whose major air leakage had tripped the alarm.
Here he is generally surrounded by an admiring throng of ostlers, stableboys, shoeblacks, and those nameless hangers-on that infest inns and taverns, and run errands and do all kind of odd jobs for the privilege of battening on the drippings of the kitchen and the leakage of the tap-room.