Nota: La traducción de esta entrada está actualmente en revisión de calidad, por lo que parte del contenido se muestra temporalmente solo en inglés.
Esta entrada aún no se ha traducido a tu idioma, así que se muestra el original a continuación.
spillage
This term emphasizes the accidental nature of a leak or overflow, often carrying a connotation of waste or a hazardous mess. It is frequently employed in industrial, environmental, or domestic contexts to describe the event of a liquid escaping its container or the resulting puddle on a surface.
Grammatically, the word functions as an uncountable noun when referring to the general act of spilling or the collective mass of the spilled substance. Because it is uncountable, it does not take a plural form in standard usage and requires partitive phrases such as a small amount of spillage if a specific quantity needs to be quantified.
Meanings
The act of accidentally pouring, leaking, or overflowing a liquid or granular substance.
Examples
Please use these absorbent pads to clean up the spillage on the floor.
I am so sorry for the spillage of coffee on your documents.
The containment wall was designed to prevent any chemical spillage into the river.
Oops, look at all this spillage of sugar on the counter.
The crew worked tirelessly to contain the oil spillage after the tanker hit the reef.
Minimize spillage by filling the containers only three quarters of the way.
A small amount of spillage is inevitable when transferring these powders.
A small amount of spillage is inevitable when transferring these powders.
The lab technician noted the exact volume of the spillage in the incident report.