"creepage" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: creepage . [canonical], creepages [plural]
Etymology: creep + -age Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|creep|age}} creep + -age Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} creepage (countable and uncountable, plural creepages)
  1. A gradual, creeping movement. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-creepage-en-noun-g6m4Uka4
  2. The leakage of an electrical current across the surface of an insulator (dielectric) Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-creepage-en-noun-Q~kchsKL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: creepage distance

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for creepage meaning in All languages combined (1.7kB)

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