leakage
noun/ˈliːkɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology From leak + -age.
1
An act of leaking, or something that leaks.
- water leakage
- data leakage
2 more examples
- prevent leakage
- Engineers discovered leakage in the fuel tank.
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.
Sound recording
6
Economics, Sciences The loss of revenue generated by tourism to the economies of other countries.
- Derived terms
- antileakage, carbon leakage, cash leakage, endoleakage, inleakage, leakage current, microleakage, search leakage