seepage

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Etymology

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From seep +‎ -age.

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Noun

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seepage (countable and uncountable, plural seepages)

  1. The process by which something, especially a liquid, leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping. (Also used figuratively: the process of diffusing.)
    • 1922, S.A.E. Journal, page 262:
      [] while they all admit that the most serious losses occur by seepage of gas from, and oil into, the combustion-chamber and that this seepage is  []
    • 1972, Rio Blanco Gas Stimulation Project: Environmental Impact Statement, page 42:
      In the case of the Rio Blanco experiment, it is the seepage of gas which is considered to be the "worst possible situation" that might occur.
    • 2014, Joe Nickell, Adventures in Paranormal Investigation, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN:
      Despite some seepage of customs from north of the border, the Day of the Dead is not [widespread in the US].
  2. Water that has seeped or oozed through a porous soil.

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