lossy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
lossy (comparative lossier, superlative lossiest)
- (telecommunications) Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
- (power systems) Of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss.
- (computing, of an algorithm for converting or compressing data) Reducing the amount of information in data.
- JPEG is a lossy image compression format.
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Translations[edit]
subject to loss of signal strength
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subject to various forms of power loss
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reducing the amount of information in data
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