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leakage

lee kuhj

  • n  the discharge of a fluid from some container

  • They've done it again with a new alloy that cuts down on electricity leakage, which is a big problem as transistors get smaller.
  • Handler believes that a slow leakage of radioactive materials over many years will seep into the seabed and gradually dissipate, whereas a salvage operation could result in a more .
  • Its flotation was entirely dependent on whether the bilge pump could keep up with the leakage.
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  • Hussain al-Shahristani in ktla 5
    This is what caused the fire and led to the leakage of a huge amount of liquid gas as the blaze hit the gas production unit,al-Shahristani said in a statement.
  • Jim Prentice in 680 News
    It cannot be an ineffective protocol that applies only to some countries and essentially results in carbon leakage or the exportation of jobs,Prentice said. "A protocol that does not apply to India or Russia or China or Brazil, or for that...
  • Daniel Patrick Moynihan in Washington Post
    Third, Obama will benefit if there now is less of what the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan called "the leakage of reality" from public life.

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