What's the difference between seepage and water?

Seepage


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Sipage

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The experiments demonstrate that tissue site perfusion can provide useful access to brain extracellular fluid when suitable controls are incorporated for recovery variation and blood-brain barrier seepage.
  • (2) The application of the rubber dam made it possible to establish and maintain a surgically clean field of operation and were an effective safeguard against contamination through seepage of saliva.
  • (3) The mechanism of action of the surgical procedure consists in the formation of a fistulating excretory duct covered up by a scleroconjunctival wall, generally forming a flat seepage cushion.
  • (4) The truth is, Ukip have taken seats from the Conservatives but all that does is make sure that Labour is in office and what that will mean is ... higher taxes, more borrowing, uncontrolled immigration and welfare.” With all the mainstream parties vulnerable to Ukip’s taunts about them being part of a “political elite”, Thornberry’s tweet touched a particular raw nerve with Labour as Miliband tries to stop the seepage of working-class Labour votes to Ukip.
  • (5) Sands containing humic substances are proposed for protection of ground water from refuse tip seepage waters which containing heavy metals and organic polluting agents.
  • (6) It is speculated that the initial elevation of CSF lactate values reflects the systemic response of trauma, and the secondary rise of CSF lactate levels following severe trauma is due to slow seepage of lactate produced by brain tissue into the CSF space.
  • (7) In contrast, the frequency of daytime stools, the incidence of incontinence, the consistency of the stool, and the development of perineal seepage or skin irritation were not greatly altered by pregnancy or delivery.
  • (8) Sediments were chosen from sites affected by industrial and municipal effluents and pastoral seepage and runoff.
  • (9) Increased seepage of plasma proteins across the blood-gas barrier accounted for the elevation of orosomucoid and p-IgA (RCE unchanged).
  • (10) Petroleum-associated hydrocarbon sources include natural seepage, wastes and effluents from exploration, production and refining at Norman Wells and spills.
  • (11) This reflected the trend toward drilling deeper wells which are influenced less by nitrate seepage as well as adherence to new and stricter well construction codes.
  • (12) The clay pots, being porous, also showed a tendency to constant outward seepage of water which, when collected, was also shown to harbour cholera bacilli.
  • (13) It could decrease significantly the response rate of turning its body induced by acetic acid, increase the pain threshold caused by warm, reduce the surface seepage of injure skin and accelerate the wound recovery.
  • (14) Statistical evidence suggested that septic tank seepage was partially responsible for nitrate, phosphate, iron and arsenic contamination of shallow water supplies.
  • (15) It is concluded that silicone prostheses provoke an inflammatory response not only because they act as foreign bodies, but also because of silicone seepage through intact membranes.
  • (16) BP stops oil leak in Gulf of Mexico for first time since April 19 July Fears about the new cap are raised after engineers detect seepage and a possible methane gas leak on the seabed.
  • (17) All patients are continent, but eight have occasional episodes of rectal seepage at night.
  • (18) There were no cases of fecal incontinence or rectal seepage.
  • (19) Abrasion, or other breaks in the skin, can allow seepage of blood products carrying such pathogens as hepatitis B virus and the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS.
  • (20) On the other hand it is possible to use sands containing humic substances for cleaning of seepage waters and recovering of anorganic and organic useful materials.

Water


Definition:

  • (n.) The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.
  • (n.) A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.
  • (n.) Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine.
  • (n.) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water.
  • (n.) The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence.
  • (n.) A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, v. t., 3, Damask, v. t., and Damaskeen.
  • (v. t.) An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted."
  • (v. t.) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers.
  • (v. t.) To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses.
  • (v. t.) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water, n., 6.
  • (n.) To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken.
  • (v. i.) To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water.
  • (v. i.) To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These surveys show that campers exposed to mountain stream water are at risk of acquiring giardiasis.
  • (2) 5-Azacytidine (I) stability was increased approximately 10-fold over its stability in water or lactated Ringer injection by the addition of excess sodium bisulfite and the maintenance of pH approximately 2.5.
  • (3) And this is the supply of 30% of the state’s fresh water.” To conduct the survey, the state’s water agency dispatches researchers to measure the level of snow manually at 250 separate sites in the Sierra Nevada, Rizzardo said.
  • (4) We report a case of a sudden death in a SCUBA diver working at a water treatment facility.
  • (5) We assessed changes in brain water content, as reflected by changes in tissue density, during the early recirculation period following severe forebrain ischemia.
  • (6) The water is embossed with small waves and it has a chill glassiness which throws light back up at the sky.
  • (7) The reduction rates of peripheral leukocytes, lung Schiff bases and lung water content were not identical in rats depleted from leukocyte after inhalation injury.
  • (8) And that, as much as the “on water, operational” considerations, is why we are being kept in the dark.
  • (9) Excretion of inactive kallikrein again correlated with urine flow rate but the regression relationship between the two variables was different for water-load-induced and frusemide-induced diuresis.
  • (10) The Hamilton-Wentworth regional health department was asked by one of its municipalities to determine whether the present water supply and sewage disposal methods used in a community without piped water and regional sewage disposal posed a threat to the health of its residents.
  • (11) Comprehensive regulations are being developed to limit human exposure to contamination in drinking water by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
  • (12) Undaunted by the sickening swell of the ocean and wrapped up against the chilly wind, Straneo, of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, one of the world's leading oceanographic research centres, continues to take measurements from the waters as the long Arctic dusk falls.
  • (13) Streaming is shown to occur in water in the focused beams produced by a number of medical pulse-echo devices.
  • (14) The role of adrenergic agents in augmenting proximal tubular salt and water flux, was studied in a preparation of freshly isolated rabbit renal proximal tubular cells in suspension.
  • (15) These studies also suggest at least two mechanisms for uric acid reabsorption; one sodium dependent, the other independent of sodium and water transport.
  • (16) Proposals to increase the tax on high-earning "non-domiciled" residents in Britain were watered down today, after intense lobbying from the business community.
  • (17) The amount of water, creatinine, electrolytes, proteins, and enzymes were higher during the day (up to three fold, p always less than 0.05), while equal amounts of amino acids were excreted in the day and the night period.
  • (18) It is especially efficacious in evaluating patients with cystic lesions, especially those with complex cysts not clearly of water density.
  • (19) 'The only way that child would have drowned in the bath is if you were holding her under the water.'
  • (20) Changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) were measured over 254 cortical regions during caloric vestibular stimulation with warm water (44 degrees C).