lossy

English

Etymology

loss +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒsi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔsi/, /ˈlɑsi/
• Rhymes: -ɒsi

Adjective

lossy (comparative lossier, superlative lossiest)

1. (telecommunications) Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
2. (power systems) Of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss.
3. (of an algorithm for converting or compressing data) Reducing the amount of information in data.

   JPEG is a lossy image compression format.

Antonyms

• lossless

Translations

subject to loss of signal strength

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: häviöllinen (fi)

• Polish: stratny (pl)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

subject to various forms of power loss

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: häviöllinen (fi)

• Polish: stratny (pl)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

reducing the amount of information in data

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: häviöllinen (fi)

• Japanese: 非可逆 (hikagyaku) (data compression), 不可逆 (fukagyaku) (data compression, literally “irreversible”)
• Polish: stratny (pl)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can