Leakage
['liːkɪdʒ] or ['likɪdʒ]
Definition
(n.) A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.
(n.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.
Editor: Pierre
Examples
- The cylinder had been badly cast, the pipe-condenser did not work properly, and there was still the old leakage of steam at the piston. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The diving case is not absolutely water-tight, nor is it desired that it should be so, as the slight leakage acts as a lubricant to the joints, and aids in their movements. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The ovens are highly insulated with a thick packing of best grade mineral wool, which reduces air leakage to a minimum and retains the heat generated for a long period. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At the back of the diving case is a recess and in it is installed a compact but powerful pump, which sucks from the feet of the suit all leakage and forces it at once outward. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It has always been difficult to restrain the leakage of knowledge from one population to another, and now it becomes impossible. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Further interesting experiments showed that the expected large leakage of current from the rails in wet weather did not materialize. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The dying man was asking about a leakage from Willey Water into one of the pits. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I concluded it was either leakage of gas into the manhole, or else the acid used in pickling the casting had given off hydrogen, and air had leaked in, making an explosive mixture. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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