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leakage

noun
/ˈliːkɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From leak + -age.

  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. suffixed as leakage — “leak + age”

Definitions

  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. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Loss of retail stock, especially due to theft.

    2. The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that…

      The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

    3. The loss of revenue generated by tourism to the economies of other countries.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at leakage. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at leakage. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at leakage

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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