Definition of Ullage

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ullage
n. amount by which a container is short of being full; quantity of alcoholic beverage remaining in a container which has been partially emptied

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Ullage Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

MONASH Marketing Dictionary
Ullage
the amount by which a bottle, box, packet, etc (of soft drink, breakfast cereal, potato chips, or the like) falls short of being full.

BTS Transportation Expressions
Ullage
See Outage.

Outage (or Ullage)
The amount by which a packaging falls short of being liquid full, usually expressed in percent by volume. (49CFR171)

Glossary of petroleum Industry
Ullage
the amount by which a tank or vessel lacks being full, especially on ships. Ullage in a tank is necessary to allow space for the expansion of the oil in the tank when the temperature increases.


Ullage Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ullage
(n.)
The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency.
  

WordNet 2.0
ullage

Noun
1. the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full
(hypernym) indefinite quantity

hEnglish - advanced version
ullage

ullage
\ul"lage\ (?; 48), n. [of. eullage, ovillage, the filling up of a cask, fr. ouillier, oillier, euillier, to fill a wine cask; properly, to add oil to prevent evaporation, as to a flask that is nearly full, fr. of. oile oil. see oil.] (com.) the amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency.
ullage
n : the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full



Ullage Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

Oil and Gas Field Glossary
Ullage
The space in a tank not occupied by its contents. Used as a measure of storage space still available.


Ullage Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries

maritime&shipping&trade
Ullage
The space not filled with liquid in a drum or tank.


Ullage Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Ullage
See also ullage (rocketry).
Ullage refers to the unfilled space in a container of liquid.

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