"lossy" meaning in All languages combined

See lossy on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈlɒsi/ [UK], /ˈlɔsi/ [US], /ˈlɑsi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lossy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lossier [comparative], lossiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒsi, -ɔːsi Etymology: loss + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|loss|y}} loss + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} lossy (comparative lossier, superlative lossiest)
  1. (telecommunications) Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength. Categories (topical): Telecommunications, Coding theory, Information theory Translations (subject to loss of signal strength): häviöllinen (Finnish), veszteséges (Hungarian), veszteséggel járó (Hungarian), stratny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-lossy-en-adj-kx6Bawu5 Disambiguation of Coding theory: 61 12 27 Disambiguation of Information theory: 61 11 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 9 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 61 18 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 63 16 22 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications Disambiguation of 'subject to loss of signal strength': 75 21 5
  2. (power systems) Of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss. Translations (subject to various forms of power loss): häviöllinen (Finnish), veszteséges (Hungarian), veszteséggel járó (Hungarian), stratny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-lossy-en-adj-xah7b6-M Disambiguation of 'subject to various forms of power loss': 33 63 4
  3. (computing, of an algorithm for converting or compressing data) Reducing the amount of information in data. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (reducing the amount of information in data): häviöllinen (Finnish), απολεστικός (apolestikós) (Greek), απωλειακός (apoleiakós) (Greek), veszteséges (Hungarian), 非可逆 (hikagyaku) (english: data compression) (Japanese), stratny (Polish), destruktiv (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lossy-en-adj-6TGBDdTB Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'reducing the amount of information in data': 5 2 94

Inflected forms

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