noun
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The process by which a liquid leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping.
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Water that has seeped or oozed through a porous soil.
Examples of seepage in a Sentence
None of its streams reaches the sea, but all lose their waters by seepage or evaporation.
This has resulted in a small seepage of water.
Suffers seepage at the start of the route, hence climbing the rib on the right.
Most passages lack the inflow of seepage water, probably vital for the maintenance of cave populations.
Where the two different types meet, there is a seepage line providing a constant flow of water.
Weathering makes a small additional contribution, but there is no evidence of seepage erosion.
Good Could do with a bit of work Poor Make sure there 's no evidence of water seepage or dampness.
People with oily skin do not have normal, healthy oil seepage.
As promised, he did not drink long, and she felt him press another finger to the wound to seal the seepage.
In the valleys there are many small streams whose waters never reach the ocean, but disappear by seepage or evaporation.
This cannot be determined from the rainfall; it entirely depends upon the power of the soil and rock to store water in the particular area under consideration, and to yield it continuously to the stream by means of concentrated springs or diffused seepage.
The gas seepage which is believed to produce the pockmarks is probably episodic in nature and may have persisted for several thousand years.
This was to prevent any seepage from one pond to the next - which could have occurred with sand.
Large quantities of MDAC indicate that methane seepage has occurred over a prolonged period of time.
Most of the crag dries quickly, particularly the Upper Tier, and takes little seepage.
This may take the form of a spring, or of a system of slow seepage at the ground surface.
Much like the gradual seepage of power from Westminster to Brussels, Britain has been slipping beneath the waves for decades.
Good Could do with a bit of work Poor Make sure there's no evidence of water seepage or dampness.
Few of the mountain creeks succeed in reaching the arid plains, and those that do quickly disappear by evaporation or by seepage into the gravels.
The river enlarged the canal, and finding a steeper gradient than that to its mouth, was diverted into the Colorado desert, flooding Salton Sea; 1 and when the break in this river was closed for the second time in February 1907, though much of its water still escaped through minor channels and by seepage, a lake more than 400 sq.
Evidence of recent seepage of underground water on a crater rim The evidence of freely flowing water early in Mars ' history is dramatic.
Moisture problems stem from seepage from the ground into the concrete or from condensation in the air caused by moisture that seeps in through cracks in the foundation.
Many of the smaller streams in the Black Hills lose their waters in their lower courses through seepage and evaporation.
They also have a Snug Liner Snap System that cinches around the legs to prevent any seepage.
Dean had no stomach for going any deeper than necessary and the water from the mine seepage was getting deeper.
It is designed with a special sealant to restrict seepage of air and water.