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leakage 1. Commerce an allowance made for partial loss (of stock, etc.) due to leaking 2. Physics a. an undesired flow of electric current, neutrons, etc b. (as modifier): leakage current leakage [′lēk·ij] (engineering) Undesired and gradual escape or entry of a quantity, such as loss of neutrons by diffusion from the core of a nuclear reactor, escape of electromagnetic radiation through joints in shielding, flow of electricity over or through an insulating material, and flow of magnetic lines of force beyond the working region. (mining engineering) An unintentional diversion of ventilation air from its designed path. (physical chemistry) A phenomenon occurring in an ion-exchange process in which some influent ions are not adsorbed by the ion-exchange bed and appear in the effluent. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| While poor people are forced to pay exorbitant fees for private water, many cities squander their resources through leakages and illegal drainage. Info-technical methods and tools are used for protection from destructive impacts on info-technical systems (complexes) and from information leakages, and info-psychological methods and tools, for protection from negative impacts on the individual, group or mass consciousness. Interventions with NAC can reduce VEGF productions and protein leakages in ufCBtreated mice. |
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