leakiness
Letting liquid through
Leakiness is the quality of allowing contents to escape through holes or gaps.
A container has leakiness if it doesn't hold liquid properly: The leakiness of the old pipes caused water damage.
The term extends to information security—a system's leakiness lets data slip out: The leakiness of the administration frustrated investigators.
Rendered cooking fat
- porosityVoid space density
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
- moistureSmall amounts of liquid
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
infiltration · dampness · weeping · oozing · water damage · cracks · holes · gaps
Act of revealing information
- breachBreaking of agreement
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
- whistleblowingExposing hidden wrongdoing internally
- unauthorizedNot officially permitted
exposure · security · classified · sensitive · redaction · sources · journalism · intelligence
Allowing passage of fluids
- unreliableNot consistently performing
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- looseNot firmly secured
- sloppyCareless and untidy
imprecise · vague · uncontained · scattered · unfocused · boundaries · discipline · rigor
Rigid cellular outer layer
- osmosisSolvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- capillarySmallest blood vessel
- vascularOf blood vessels
blood-brain barrier · inflammation · edema · extravasation · tissue · absorption · secretion · intestinal
Distilling to essential qualities
- encapsulationSurrounding on all sides
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- couplingJoint between systems
- modularityDivisibility into independent units
interface · implementation · bleeding · crosstalk · interference · signal degradation · isolation · buffer overflow
dripping
Rendered cooking fat
- porosityVoid space density
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
- moistureSmall amounts of liquid
condensation · infiltration · dampness · weeping · oozing · water damage · cracks · holes · gaps · corrosion
disclosure
Act of revealing information
- breachBreaking of agreement
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
- whistleblowingExposing hidden wrongdoing internally
unauthorized · exposure · security · classified · sensitive · redaction · sources · journalism · intelligence · espionage
porous
Allowing passage of fluids
- unreliableNot consistently performing
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- looseNot firmly secured
sloppy · imprecise · vague · uncontained · scattered · unfocused · boundaries · discipline · rigor · slippage
cell wall
Rigid cellular outer layer
- osmosisSolvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- capillarySmallest blood vessel
vascular · blood-brain barrier · inflammation · edema · extravasation · tissue · absorption · secretion · intestinal · epithelial
abstraction
Distilling to essential qualities
- encapsulationSurrounding on all sides
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- couplingJoint between systems
modularity · interface · implementation · bleeding · crosstalk · interference · signal degradation · isolation · buffer overflow · resource drain
leakinesswatertightness
Quality preventing liquid passage
airtightness · impermeability · tightness · imperviousness · soundness
leakinessconfidentiality
Quality of protecting secrets
secrecy · discretion · security · tight-lippedness · tightness
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