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creepage

noun

Etymology

From creep + -age.

  1. derived from *grewbʰ-✻ — “to turn, wind”
  2. inherited from *kreupaną✻ — “to twist, creep”
  3. inherited from *kreupan✻
  4. inherited from crēopan — “to creep, crawl”
  5. inherited from crepen
  6. suffixed as creepage — “creep + age”

Definitions

  1. A gradual, creeping movement.

    • Therefore, when preparing and maintaining track for high speeds, the importance of ample anchorage against creepage cannot be overlooked.

  2. The leakage of an electrical current across the surface of an insulator (dielectric)

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA