air leak
Tire's slow deflation
An air leak is an unintended escape of air from a sealed or pressurized system.
The term appears in contexts from household insulation We found an air leak around the window frame to automotive repair to medical conditions where air escapes from the lungs into surrounding tissue.
Finding and sealing air leaks is a common concern in energy efficiency.
- hissSharp sibilant sound
- sealAuthentication stamp or mark
- pressureForce upon contact
- tire pressureAir amount in tires
- cabin pressureControlled atmosphere inside aircraft
pressure drop · puncture · tire · flat tire · valve · escape · whoosh · breach · deflate · crack · gasket · hole · seepage · whistle · inflate · inner tube · patch · detect
- Pressure Problemsflat tire, low tire pressure, ear popping, altitude sickness, decompression
- leaksseepage, drip, drips, trickle, ooze
- Punctured Thingsflat tire, burst bubble, blown tire, punctured lung, nail hole
- building defectsfoundation crack, wall crack, water damage, cracked foundation, structural failure
seal integrity
air leakairtight seal
Impermeable boundary preventing airflow
hermetic seal · airtight · sealed · hermetically sealed · watertight seal
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