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ullage
[ uhl-ij ]
noun
- the amount by which the contents fall short of filling a container, as a cask or bottle.
- the quantity of wine, liquor, or the like, remaining in a container that has lost part of its contents by evaporation, leakage, or use.
- Rocketry. the volume of a loaded tank of liquid propellant in excess of the volume of the propellant; the space provided for thermal expansion of the propellant and the accumulation of gases evolved from it.
ullage
/ ˈʌlɪdʒ /
noun
- the volume by which a liquid container falls short of being full
- the quantity of liquid lost from a container due to leakage or evaporation
- (in customs terminology) the amount of liquid remaining in a container after such loss
verb
- to create ullage in
- to determine the amount of ullage in
- to fill up ullage in
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Derived Forms
- ˈullaged, adjective
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Other Words From
- ullaged adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ullage1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English ulage, oylage, from Anglo-French ulliage, from Old French ouillage, (h)eullage “wine needed to fill a cask,” equivalent to ouill(er), (a)ouill(er) “to fill (a cask)” (derivative of ouil “eye, hole, bunghole,” from Latin oculus ) + -age; eye ( def ), -age
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ullage1
C15: from Old French ouillage filling of a cask, from ouiller to fill a cask, from ouil eye, from Latin oculus eye
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