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1LEAK — is the brand name for high fidelity audio equipment made by H. J. Leak Co. Ltd, of London, England. The company was founded in 1934 by Harold Joseph Leak and was sold to the Rank Organisation in January 1969. During the 1950s and 60s, the company …
2leak — leak1 S3 [li:k] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Old Norse; Origin: leka] 1.) [I and T] if a container, pipe, roof etc leaks, or if it leaks gas, liquid etc, there is a small hole or crack in it that lets gas or liquid flow through ▪ The roof is leaking in… …
3leak — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 small hole/crack VERB + LEAK ▪ have ▪ The boat had a small leak. ▪ develop, spring ▪ The pipe has sprung a leak. ▪ …
4leak — [[t]li͟ːk[/t]] ♦♦♦ leaks, leaking, leaked 1) V ERG If a container leaks, there is a hole or crack in it which lets a substance such as liquid or gas escape. You can also say that a substance such as liquid or gas leaks from a container. The roof… …
5Leak Detection — Pipeline Leak Detection Using Non Destructive Non Invasive Testing Techniques = Most pipelines, regardless of what they contain, are designed with a typical life span of 25 years. When they do begin to fail, they do so slowly beginning with leaks …
6leak — leak1 [ lik ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive if an object or container leaks or if it leaks something, liquid or gas comes out of it through a hole or crack: The roof is still leaking. If the boiler is broken, it may be leaking dangerous… …
7leak */ — I UK [liːk] / US [lɪk] verb Word forms leak : present tense I/you/we/they leak he/she/it leaks present participle leaking past tense leaked past participle leaked 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] if an object or container leaks, or if it leaks… …
8leak — 01. Soon after the boat sprang a [leak], it sank to the bottom of the lake. 02. Careful, there might be a [leak] in the canoe. 03. Water was [leaking] through the roof, so we had to get it repaired. 04. The roof of our house [leaks] every time it …
9LEAK Sandwich — The LEAK Sandwich was an innovative loudspeaker design introduced by the English hi fi company H. J. Leak Co. in 1961. Harold Leak engaged Don Barlow, who had devised a way of making the cone of the loudspeaker from expanded polystyrene foam… …
10leak — leaker, n. leakless, adj. /leek/, n. 1. an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof. 2. an act or instance of leaking. 3. any means of unintended entrance or escape. 4.… …
