leakage
noun
- fluid escaping containment
- electrical energy crossing a normally insulating barrier
- sound picked up from an unintended source
- leak, let forth water sparingly, letting water through accidentally or because of damage, let forth
- concept in machine learning where information is used that would not be available when predictions are made
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈliːkɪd͡ʒ/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English leak Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English leakage From leak + -age.
- An act of leaking, or something that leaks.
“Engineers discovered leakage in the fuel tank.”
“water leakage”
- The amount lost due to a leak.
- An undesirable flow of electric current through insulation.
- Loss of retail stock, especially due to theft.
- The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
- The loss of revenue generated by tourism to the economies of other countries.