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withdrawal

English

Etymology

From withdraw +? -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /w?ð?d???(?)l/, /w???d???(?)l/
  • (intrusive r) IPA(key): /w?ð?d?????l/, /w???d?????l/

Noun

withdrawal (countable and uncountable, plural withdrawals)

  1. Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
  2. A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
  3. A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is dependent is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier.
    heroin withdrawal
    nicotine withdrawal
    caffeine withdrawal
  4. An act of withdrawing.
  5. The sum of money taken from a bank account.

Antonyms

  • (receiving from someone's care): deposit

Translations

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  • what withdrawal symptoms
  • what withdrawal symptoms from nicotine
  • what withdrawal means
  • what withdrawal feels like
  • what withdrawal is the worst
  • what withdrawal can you die from
  • what withdrawal symptoms of alcohol
  • what withdrawal symptoms does clonidine help with


leakage

English

Etymology

leak +? -age

Noun

leakage (countable and uncountable, plural leakages)

  1. An act of leaking, or something that leaks.
  2. The amount lost due to a leak.
  3. An undesirable flow of electric current through insulation.
  4. Loss of retail stock, especially due to theft.
  5. (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
  6. (economics) The loss of revenue generated by tourism to the economies of other countries.

Translations

leakage From the web:

  • what leakage current
  • what leakage flux
  • leakage meaning
  • what's leakage coefficient
  • what leakage test
  • what's leakage resistance
  • what's leakage factor
  • what leakage radiation
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