 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
leakage
noun: 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}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Leakage \Leak"age\, noun [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.
3. (Elec.) A {leak[3]}; also; the quantity of electricity
thus wasted.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "leakage":
ablation, access, admission, break, breakout, consumption,
decrease, decrement, deliverance, delivery, depletion,
depreciation, dissipation, distillation, drain, dribble, drip,
dripping, drippings, drop, emergence, entrance, entree, entry,
erosion, escape, escapism, evaporation, evasion, exhaustion,
expenditure, extrication, flight, freeing, getaway, import,
importation, importing, impoverishment, income, incoming,
infiltration, ingoing, ingress, ingression, input, insertion,
insinuation, intake, interpenetration, introduction, introgression,
intrusion, issuance, issue, jailbreak, leak, leaking, liberation,
outlet, penetration, percolation, prisonbreak, reception, release,
rescue, riddance, seepage, setting-free, shrinkage, trickle, using,
using up, vent, wastage, waste, wearing, wearing away
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