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How to pronounce leakiness in English?

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Type Words
Type of condition, status
Derivation leaky


the leakiness of the roof.
the heart valve's leakiness.
the leakiness of the boat made it dangerous to use.

Examples of leakiness

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Openings between defective endothelial cells explain tumour vessel leakiness.
From the nature.com
Lately, the French lab has demonstrated more leakiness than airtight science.
From the washingtonpost.com
The biggest is the leakiness of the offensive line compared to the past couple of years.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Anastasiadis believes that several experimental agents might help reverse vascular leakiness.
From the sciencedaily.com
Higher magnification windows showed leakiness between cells.
From the nature.com
The IEA used this data to look at the leakiness of gas pipes in seven of the world's largest gas producers.
From the newscientist.com
Under standard conditions, gut leakiness had increased by 250 per cent and temperature had risen by 2 degrees.
From the sciencedaily.com
The researchers first confirmed that either the presence of an implanted tumor or infusions of factors secreted by tumors produced localized areas of leakiness in the lungs of mice.
From the sciencedaily.com
The new study shows that activated CaM kinase II promotes leakiness of mitochondria and increases heart muscle damage by allowing too much calcium to enter mitochondria.
From the sciencedaily.com
More examples
  • The condition of permitting leaks or leakage; "the leakiness of the roof"; "the heart valve's leakiness"; "the leakiness of the boat made it dangerous to use"
  • (leaky) permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases ; "a leaky roof"; "a leaky defense system"
  • (leaky) used informally; unable to retain urine
  • (leaky) blabbermouthed: prone to communicate confidential information
  • (leaky) Having leaks, not sealed
  • (Leaky) The inability of our cell to retain the Orgone charge over a period of time.
  • (Leaky) (French : partiellement fonctionnel) Said of a gene mutation which allows some residual level of gene expression.
  • Horizontal and vertical leaching of cations from the soil profile into the water table and where it intercepts the ground surface