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inleak

noun

Etymology

From in- + leak.

  1. derived from *leg-✻
  2. inherited from *lekaną✻
  3. derived from leka
  4. derived from leken
  5. inherited from *lecan✻
  6. inherited from leken
  7. prefixed as inleak — “in + leak”

Definitions

  1. A hole where water leaks in.

  2. A leak inwards.

    • Localized heat inleaks in cryogenic enclosures can be detected by the 'cool spots' they produce on the ambient temperature surface of the vessel outer walls.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for inleak. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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