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/lˈikədʒ/ /lˈikɪdʒ/ Listen

noun

Leakage n.

A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.

(Com.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.

(Elec.) A leak 3; also; the quantity of electricity thus wasted.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... dioxide. That was the least of my troubles. For a few moments, also, the white mice in a cage interested me. White mice were carried because they dislike the odour of gasoline and give warning of any leakage by ...

— The Dream Doctor • Arthur B. Reeve

... superheated steam or compressed air is really superior to ordinary saturated steam, taken from the highest point inside the boiler by a special internal pipe. In using several systems of spray injectors for locomotives, the author invariably noticed the impossibility of preventing leakage of tubes, accumulation of soot, and inequality of heating of the fire box. The work of a locomotive boiler is very different from that of a marine or stationary boiler, owing to the frequent changes of gradient on the line, and the frequent stoppages at stations. These conditions render ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 • Various

... supreme test for the gas mask! That frail piece of rubber alone stood between us and death. The slightest rent or leakage would be fatal, as injury to the suit of the deep sea diver. These masks had been issued in sizes 3, 4 and 5. Some fitted better than others; others bound painfully about the temples. We had been trained ...

— The Greater Love • George T. McCarthy

... from the strain of outlandish conflict saw a revival of official activity concerning matters of more homely interest. The powers that were awoke to the necessity, among other things, of putting a stop by the most stringent means to the constant and extensive leakage in the national revenue proceeding from the organisation of free ...

— The Light of Scarthey • Egerton Castle

... always leakage of deceit Which makes it never safe to cheat. Whoever is a wolf had better Keep clear of ...

— The Fables of La Fontaine - A New Edition, With Notes • Jean de La Fontaine

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