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leakage |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Leakage \Leak"age\, n. [Cf. D. lekkage, for sense 1.] 1. A leaking; also the quantity that enters or issues by leaking. 2. (Com.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Leakage \Leak"age\, n. (Elec.) A leak; also the quantity of electricity thus wasted. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: leakage n : the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak" [syn: {escape}, {leak}, {outflow}]
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