Meaning of Seepage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The process by which something, especially a liquid, leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping. (Also used figuratively: the process of diffusing.)
   countable, uncountable
2. Water that has seeped or oozed through a porous soil.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] while they all admit that the most serious losses occur by seepage of gas from, and oil into, the combustion-chamber and that this seepage is […]”

“In the case of the Rio Blanco experiment, it is the seepage of gas which is considered to be the "worst possible situation" that might occur.”

“Despite some seepage of customs from north of the border, the Day of the Dead is not [widespread in the US].”

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