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leakage

noun

  1. fluid escaping containment
  2. electrical energy crossing a normally insulating barrier
  3. sound picked up from an unintended source
  4. leak, let forth water sparingly, letting water through accidentally or because of damage, let forth
  5. concept in machine learning where information is used that would not be available when predictions are made
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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.

  1. An act of leaking, or something that leaks.

    Engineers discovered leakage in the fuel tank.

    water leakage

  2. The amount lost due to a leak.
  3. An undesirable flow of electric current through insulation.
  4. Loss of retail stock, especially due to theft.
  5. The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
  6. The loss of revenue generated by tourism to the economies of other countries.
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