Hypertext Webster Gateway: "leakage"
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) 1.7 (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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