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seepage

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
English seep
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin -āticum
Old French -agebor.
Middle English -age
English -age
English seepage

    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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