leakage

English

Etymology

leak +‎ -age

Noun

leakage (countable and uncountable, plural leakages)

1. an act of leaking, or something that leaks
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. (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

Translations

act of leaking

• Dutch: lekkage (nl) f
• Finnish: vuoto (fi)
• French: fuite (fr) f
• Greek: διαρροή (el) f (diarroḯ)
• Italian: perdita (it) f, fuga (it) f
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• Maori: papītanga
• Portuguese: vazamento (pt)
• Romanian: pierdere (ro) f
• Swedish: läckage (sv) n

amount lost

• Dutch: lekkage (nl) f
• Greek: διαρροή (el) f (diarroḯ)
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• Swedish: läckage (sv) n

undesired flow of electric current

• Greek: διαρροή (el) f (diarroḯ)
• Romanian: scurgere de curent f
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• Swedish: läckström c

loss of stock

• Swedish: svinn (sv)
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