leakage
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 ).
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How to use leakage in a sentence
The FDA has regulated microwave manufacturing since the ’70s to make sure models are protected against leakage.
The best microwaves: This way for buttery popcorn and tempting leftovers | PopSci Commerce Team | January 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThese are best for most situations where privacy, isolation, and less noise leakage are important, whether at a recording studio or in a library.
Best headphones: Get good-quality audio equipment at your budget | PopSci Commerce Team | December 17, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThere is leakage from the ceiling when it rains you can taste the mold in the air.
Investors Extracted $400 Million From a Hospital Chain That Sometimes Couldn’t Pay for Medical Supplies or Gas for Ambulances | by Peter Elkind with Doris Burke | September 30, 2020 | ProPublicaWhat’s happening now is more than the standard leakage and naturally if it lasts a long time, it will require supplies of extra air to the station.
Astronauts on the ISS are hunting for the source of another mystery air leak | Neel Patel | September 30, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewWhile the ad server does have access to that data, Dovekey proposes there will be policies or restrictions in place to ensure there is no 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 | THE DAILY BEASTBut 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 | THE DAILY BEASTThe water in them was first served out, on account of leakage.
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora | Edward EdwardsIf this leakage can be seen where it discharges, then the trouble can be rectified.
Elements of Plumbing | Samuel DibbleA residual product of this dish is a sort of hard-bake toffee, formed by the leakage of jam from the chupatties.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V. | Erskine ChildersThe leakage takes place, if not along cracks, through capillary channels, which are everywhere present in sea-ice.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe tops of these arches were covered with stones, rushes and bitumen, and plates of lead, to prevent leakage.
The Book of Curiosities | I. Platts
British Dictionary definitions for leakage
/ (ˈliːkɪdʒ) /
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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