Leakage
noun
The unintentional or accidental escape of a fluid, gas, or electric charge from a container, pipe, or electric circuit.
The engineer was called to fix the gas leakage in the kitchen.
Often appears as...
- gas leakage
- electrical leakage
noun
The action of revealing confidential or secret information without permission.
The company's annual report was subjected to leakage before its official release.
Often appears as...
- information leakage
- data leakage
noun
The loss of electrical power or signal in transmission due to the imperfections of the conductor or dielectric.
The engineer was tasked with reducing the leakage in the circuit.
Often appears as...
- signal leakage
- power leakage
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Technical
noun
The loss of assets, revenue or resources especially in the context of a company or economy.
The leakage of capital from the country was a major concern for the government
Often appears as...
- economic leakage
- capital leakage
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Academic
noun
The unintentional or accidental escape of a fluid, gas, or electric charge from a container, pipe, or electric circuit.
The engineer was called to fix the gas leakage in the kitchen.
Often appears as...
- gas leakage
- electrical leakage
noun
The action of revealing confidential or secret information without permission.
The company's annual report was subjected to leakage before its official release.
Often appears as...
- information leakage
- data leakage
noun
The loss of electrical power or signal in transmission due to the imperfections of the conductor or dielectric.
The engineer was tasked with reducing the leakage in the circuit.
Often appears as...
- signal leakage
- power leakage
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The loss of assets, revenue or resources especially in the context of a company or economy.
The leakage of capital from the country was a major concern for the government
Often appears as...
- economic leakage
- capital leakage
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Context
Used when referring to actual substances escaping from a place meant to contain them.
Regular inspections can prevent water leakage from pipes.
Pro Tip 2/2Safety Concerns
Often associated with potential danger, especially with gas or chemical leaks.
The factory was evacuated due to a toxic chemical leakage.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Context
Used when referring to actual substances escaping from a place meant to contain them.
Regular inspections can prevent water leakage from pipes.
Pro Tip 2/2Safety Concerns
Often associated with potential danger, especially with gas or chemical leaks.
The factory was evacuated due to a toxic chemical leakage.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Context
Used when referring to actual substances escaping from a place meant to contain them.
Regular inspections can prevent water leakage from pipes.
Pro Tip 2/2Safety Concerns
Often associated with potential danger, especially with gas or chemical leaks.
The factory was evacuated due to a toxic chemical leakage.
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Financial inclusion, the...
so you or I don't need to get our identity verified separately each time. There is a statistic in the world that 40 percent of the dollars that governments want to spend to reach their citizenry for social benefit programs never reach them. They are called leakage. Leakage means administrative costs
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Is it bad to hold your...
laughing, or jumping could cause bladder leakage. Instead, the pelvic floor muscles keep the region sealed until you're ready to go. But holding it in for too long, forcing out your urine too fast, or urinating without proper physical support may over time weaken or overwork that muscular sling.
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How computer memory...
degrade the dye in optical media, and cause charge leakage in floating gates. Solid-state drives also have an additional weakness. Repeatedly writing to floating gate transistors corrodes them, eventually rendering them useless. With data on most current storage media
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How does fracking work?...
Wells are typically encased in steel and cement to prevent contaminants from leaking into groundwater. But any negligence or fracking-related accidents can have devastating effects. Fracturing directly into underground water hazardous underground seepage and leakage,
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How the coronavirus...
leakage what they didn't realize was maybe that the Chinese had allowed international more international travel or they had locked down on domestic travel and so they were sort of under-reacting a little bit to what what was the real nature of the problem when
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What causes heartburn? -...
this can cause bigger problems. Over time, constant acid leakage from heartburn may form scar tissue which narrows the esophageal tube, making it harder to swallow food. Ongoing reflux can also damage the cells lining the esophagus--a rare condition called
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Bill Gates: The...
The idea, you know -- If you're focusing on short-term reductions, then you could say, oh, it's fantastic, we just put billions of dollars into natural-gas plants. And even ignoring that there's a lot of leakage that doesn't get properly measured,
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Hidden Alaska PIPE National...
dam or just leak leakage into the groundwater at the mine site which could jeopardize the salmon fishery by bringing in all this power and building roads you know you're just going to change the whole area forever so this is
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Alex Laskey: How...
and there's enough energy in this coal to light this bulb for more than a year. But unfortunately, between here and here, most of that energy is lost to things like transmission leakage and heat.
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George Ayittey: Cheetahs...
Look at Africa's begging-bowl. It leaks horribly. There are people who think that we should pour more money, more aid into this bowl which leaks. What are the leakages?
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Financial inclusion, the...
so you or I don't need to get our identity verified separately each time. There is a statistic in the world that 40 percent of the dollars that governments want to spend to reach their citizenry for social benefit programs never reach them. They are called leakage. Leakage means administrative costs
Video examples
Is it bad to hold your...
laughing, or jumping could cause bladder leakage. Instead, the pelvic floor muscles keep the region sealed until you're ready to go. But holding it in for too long, forcing out your urine too fast, or urinating without proper physical support may over time weaken or overwork that muscular sling.
Video examples
How computer memory...
degrade the dye in optical media, and cause charge leakage in floating gates. Solid-state drives also have an additional weakness. Repeatedly writing to floating gate transistors corrodes them, eventually rendering them useless. With data on most current storage media
Video examples
How does fracking work?...
Wells are typically encased in steel and cement to prevent contaminants from leaking into groundwater. But any negligence or fracking-related accidents can have devastating effects. Fracturing directly into underground water hazardous underground seepage and leakage,
Video examples
How the coronavirus...
leakage what they didn't realize was maybe that the Chinese had allowed international more international travel or they had locked down on domestic travel and so they were sort of under-reacting a little bit to what what was the real nature of the problem when
Video examples
What causes heartburn? -...
this can cause bigger problems. Over time, constant acid leakage from heartburn may form scar tissue which narrows the esophageal tube, making it harder to swallow food. Ongoing reflux can also damage the cells lining the esophagus--a rare condition called
Video examples
Bill Gates: The...
The idea, you know -- If you're focusing on short-term reductions, then you could say, oh, it's fantastic, we just put billions of dollars into natural-gas plants. And even ignoring that there's a lot of leakage that doesn't get properly measured,
Video examples
Hidden Alaska PIPE National...
dam or just leak leakage into the groundwater at the mine site which could jeopardize the salmon fishery by bringing in all this power and building roads you know you're just going to change the whole area forever so this is
Video examples
Alex Laskey: How...
and there's enough energy in this coal to light this bulb for more than a year. But unfortunately, between here and here, most of that energy is lost to things like transmission leakage and heat.
Video examples
George Ayittey: Cheetahs...
Look at Africa's begging-bowl. It leaks horribly. There are people who think that we should pour more money, more aid into this bowl which leaks. What are the leakages?
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Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
There are movies where actors aren't characters but movie stars, being cool beyond belief throughout the whole movie. That is what it is. And we reveal ourselves when we act, very often without noticing. But if I can manage to do a character without showing anything of myself, then that's the ultimate goal for me. No leakage.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
The perpetrators of the actual bad stuff that does real and lasting harm to people, like leakage of industrial chemicals into water systems, seem to get not so much as a second glance; the bloviation from media pundits and think tanks creates false problems that waste time and energy debunking.
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Greg Bear
American Writer
For years, even before 9/11, I've been trying to warn that the threat from amateur biolabs will ultimately turn out to be far more troublesome than leakage from military labs - perhaps even more costly and deadly than nuclear terrorism.
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Rajeev Suri
Indian Businessman
Imagine if we can get information from sensors, compute it in the cloud, and find and plug water leakages - leakage wastes 20 per cent water in the world.
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John McAfee
American Businessman
Corporations understand the value of security because the leakage of their competitive information could be the end of the corporation.
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Mary Douglas
British Scientist
The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on splitting.
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Smriti Irani
Indian Politician
Citizens know the legacy of misrule of the Congress - an economy in doldrums and an administration full of leakages.
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Mo Ibrahim
Sudanese Businessman
The leakage of information means you're going to be able to read everybody's e-mail.
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Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
There are movies where actors aren't characters but movie stars, being cool beyond belief throughout the whole movie. That is what it is. And we reveal ourselves when we act, very often without noticing. But if I can manage to do a character without showing anything of myself, then that's the ultimate goal for me. No leakage.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
The perpetrators of the actual bad stuff that does real and lasting harm to people, like leakage of industrial chemicals into water systems, seem to get not so much as a second glance; the bloviation from media pundits and think tanks creates false problems that waste time and energy debunking.
Quote examples
Greg Bear
American Writer
For years, even before 9/11, I've been trying to warn that the threat from amateur biolabs will ultimately turn out to be far more troublesome than leakage from military labs - perhaps even more costly and deadly than nuclear terrorism.
Quote examples
Rajeev Suri
Indian Businessman
Imagine if we can get information from sensors, compute it in the cloud, and find and plug water leakages - leakage wastes 20 per cent water in the world.
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John McAfee
American Businessman
Corporations understand the value of security because the leakage of their competitive information could be the end of the corporation.
Quote examples
Mary Douglas
British Scientist
The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on splitting.
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Smriti Irani
Indian Politician
Citizens know the legacy of misrule of the Congress - an economy in doldrums and an administration full of leakages.
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Mo Ibrahim
Sudanese Businessman
The leakage of information means you're going to be able to read everybody's e-mail.
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