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Definition of Seepage
1. Noun. The process of seeping.
Generic synonyms: Flow, Flowing
Specialized synonyms: Exudation, Transudation
Derivative terms: Ooze, Ooze, Oozy, Ooze, Ooze, Seep
Definition of Seepage
1. n. Water that seeped or oozed through a porous soil.
2. n. The act or process of seeping; percolation.
Definition of Seepage
1. Noun. the process by which a liquid leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seepage
1. the quantity of fluid that has seeped [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seepage
Literary usage of Seepage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Irrigation Engineering by Arthur Powell Davis, Herbert Michael Wilson (1919)
"Amount of Return seepage.—The State Engineer of Colorado conducted ... These showed
a constant increase in the amount of seepage water returned to these ..."
2. Irrigation Engineering by Arthur Powell Davis, Herbert Michael Wilson (1919)
"Amount of Return seepage.—The State Engineer of Colorado conducted ... These showed
a constant increase in the amount of seepage water returned to these ..."
3. Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1909)
"seepage Water.—In many instances where canals and reservoirs are bordered by ...
This is due to the fact that large amounts of seepage water may enter the ..."
4. Use of Water in Irrigation by Samuel Fortier (1916)
"Waste of Water Due to seepage and Other Causes.—The largest loss of irrigation
water is due to the well-nigh universal practice of conducting it in earthen ..."
5. Use of Water in Irrigation by Samuel Fortier (1915)
"Waste of Water Due to seepage and Other Causes.—The largest loss of irrigation
water is due to the well-nigh universal practice ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Irrigation and Water Rights: And the Arid Region by Clesson Selwyne Kinney (1912)
"seepage waters—Rights to.—As a general rule seepage water finding its way
underground from the works or irrigated fields of one person to those of another ..."
7. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1915)
"CHAPTER VII CANAL LININGS AND THE PREVENTION OF seepage LOSSES A good canal lining
should fulfil the following requirements: It should be practically ..."
8. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1915)
"CHAPTER VII CANAL LININGS AND THE PREVENTION OF seepage LOSSES A good canal lining
should fulfil the following requirements: It should be practically ..."
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