A leakage occurs when fluid is lost through a

leak A leak is a way (usually an opening) for fluid to escape a container or fluid-containing system, such as a Water tank, tank or a Ship, ship's Hull (watercraft), hull, through which the contents of the container can escape or outside matter can e ...

. Leakage may also refer to: * Leakage (chemistry), a process in which material is lost through holes or defects in containers * Leakage (economics) **

Carbon leakage Carbon leakage is a concept to quantify an increase in greenhouse gas emissions in one country as a result of an emissions reduction by a second country with stricter climate change mitigation policies. Carbon leakage is one type of spill-over ef ...

or emissions leakage, whereby another country increases its greenhouse gas emissions in response to a unilateral climate policy *

Leakage (electronics) In electronics, leakage is the gradual transfer of electrical energy across a boundary normally viewed as insulating, such as the spontaneous discharge of a charged capacitor, magnetic coupling of a transformer with other components, or flow of ...

** Leakage (electric current), an occurrence of electric current through a surface which is supposed to be insulating **

Crosstalk (electronics) In electronics, crosstalk (XT) is a phenomenon by which a signal transmitted on one Electronic circuit, circuit or Communication channel, channel of a transmission system creates an undesired effect in another circuit or channel. Crosstalk is u ...

, also known as Leakage, where signals are picked up by an unintended device **

Spill (audio) Spill (also known as bleed and leakage) is the occurrence in sound recording (particularly in close miking) and live sound mixing whereby sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended. Spill is usually seen ...

, where audio from one source is picked up by a microphone intended for a different source *

Leakage (machine learning) In statistics and machine learning, leakage (also known as data leakage or target leakage) is the use of information in the model training process which would not be expected to be available at prediction time, causing the predictive scores (met ...

* Leakage (retail) *

Leakage effect In the study of tourism, the leakage is the way in which revenue generated by tourism is lost to other countries' economies. Leakage may be so significant in some developing countries that it partially neutralizes the money generated by tourism. Me ...

, the loss of tourist revenue from a country *

Memory leak In computer science, a memory leak is a type of resource leak that occurs when a computer program incorrectly manages memory allocations in a way that memory which is no longer needed is not released. A memory leak may also happen when an objec ...

, in computer science *

Spectral leakage The Fourier transform of a function of time, s(t), is a complex-valued function of frequency, S(f), often referred to as a frequency spectrum. Any LTI system theory, linear time-invariant operation on s(t) produces a new spectrum of the form H(f)� ...

, in signal processing

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Extravasation Extravasation is the leakage of a fluid out of its contained space into the surrounding area, especially blood or blood cells from vessels. In the case of inflammation, it refers to the movement of white blood cells through the capillary wall, ...

Fecal incontinence Fecal incontinence (FI), or in some forms, encopresis, is a lack of control over defecation, leading to involuntary loss of bowel contents—including flatus (gas), liquid stool elements and mucus, or solid feces. FI is a sign or a symptom ...

Urinary incontinence Urinary incontinence (UI), also known as involuntary urination, is any uncontrolled leakage of urine. It is a common and distressing problem, which may have a significant effect on quality of life. Urinary incontinence is common in older women ...

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