ˈlēkij, -kēj noun
( -s )
1.
a. : the act, process, or an instance of leaking
fear of leakage of military understandings — F.W.D.Deakin
such defects cause leakage of cement paste — J.R.Dalzell
leakage of body fluids from a surgical wound
b.
(1) : loss of electricity due to a leak
(2) or leakage flux : magnetic flux that does not follow a useful path (as between the pole pieces of a dynamo without passing through the armature)
2. : an allowance of a certain rate percent for loss by leaking
3. : something or the amount that issues or is lost through a leak
in the grocery business … a leakage of about one percent is fairly common — Kenneth Ives