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leaky

[′lēk·ē]
(electricity)
Pertaining to a condition in which the leakage resistance has dropped so much below its normal value that excessive leakage current flows; usually applied to a capacitor.
(genetics)
Pertaining to a genetic block that is incomplete.
(cell and molecular biology)
Pertaining to a protein coded for by a mutant gene that shows subnormal activity.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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But overall, the situation in France is easier than it is in Britain, since the system is 'leakier'.
The vast majority of both new and existing houses in the United States (Sherman and Dickerhoff 1998) is leakier than this value; for them, the simple equivalence principle is appropriate.
And the thinking was it wouldn't be much of a contest as the Senators are softer than a plank of pine and leakier than a 3-month-old Lab.
Infiltration rates are largely influenced by air leakage across exterior walls, and older residences tend to have leakier exterior walls (Persily et al.
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Jones was suffering after a run of results which saw his side earn their last win just before decimilisation and concede a hatful goals thanks to a defence leakier than the bulkhead of the Titanic.
Its debts amount to twice the level of annual production, which makes it a far leakier boat than Greece or Spain.
Leakier than a BP oil pipe, the West Ham keeper somehow spilled Clint Dempsey's effort to gift the USA an undeserved equaliser.
Using a mouse model of cancer, they show that blocking the action of a signalling molecule called ALK5 makes tumour blood vessels even leakier for a short period of time, and this window of leakiness can be used to "open up" the tumour for more efficient delivery of drugs.
Newcastle have conceded 32 goals in the Prem this season - only five sides leakier - and that's despite one of the league's star keepers, wantaway Shay Given.
Large stoves are suitable for larger, open plan houses or older, leakier houses in colder climate zones.