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sneakage

noun

Etymology

From sneak + -age.

  1. inherited from *snīkaną✻ — “to creep, crawl”
  2. inherited from *snīkan✻
  3. inherited from snīcan — “to creep, crawl”
  4. inherited from sniken — “to creep, crawl”
  5. suffixed as sneakage — “sneak + age”

Definitions

  1. The situation where gases carrying dust bypass the active electrode system of an…

    The situation where gases carrying dust bypass the active electrode system of an electrostatic precipitator.

    • Improved performance is obtained by reducing gas flow unevenness, dust flow unevenness, dust reentrainment, and gas sneakage.
    • Gases flowing between the very outmost collector plates and the wall of the housing, and gases flowing above and below the electrode systems, carry dust and give rise to sneakage.

The neighborhood

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