leakage

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

Maori: papītanga Portuguese: vazamento (pt) Romanian: pierdere (ro) f Swedish: läckage (sv) n

amount lost

Dutch: lekkage (nl) f Greek: διαρροή (el) f (diarroḯ)

Swedish: läckage (sv) n

undesired flow of electric current

Greek: διαρροή (el) f (diarroḯ) Romanian: scurgere de curent f

Swedish: läckström c

loss of stock

Swedish: svinn (sv)