"lossy" meaning in English

See lossy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɒsi/ [UK], /ˈlɔsi/ [US], /ˈlɑsi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lossy.wav Forms: lossier [comparative], lossiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒsi, -ɔːsi Etymology: From 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): 有信號損耗的 (Chinese Mandarin), 有信号损耗的 (yǒu xìnhào sǔnhào de) (Chinese Mandarin), häviöllinen (Finnish), veszteséges (Hungarian), veszteséggel járó (Hungarian), stratny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-lossy-en-adj-kx6Bawu5 Disambiguation of Coding theory: 59 7 34 Disambiguation of Information theory: 41 9 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 8 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 68 13 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 11 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 10 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 5 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 65 20 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 53 15 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 53 20 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 72 11 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 57 22 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 63 21 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 66 19 15 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications Disambiguation of 'subject to loss of signal strength': 75 20 5
  2. (power systems) Of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss. Translations (subject to various forms of power loss): 有功率損耗的 (Chinese Mandarin), 有功率损耗的 (yǒu gōnglǜ sǔnhào de) (Chinese Mandarin), 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, Information theory Translations (reducing the amount of information in data): 有損壓縮的 (Chinese Mandarin), 有损压缩的 (yǒu sǔn yāsuō de) (Chinese Mandarin), 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 Disambiguation of Information theory: 41 9 50 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'reducing the amount of information in data': 2 2 96

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "不可逆 (fukagyaku) (data compression, literally “irreversible”)",
      "sense": "reducing the amount of information in data"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "reducing the amount of information in data",
      "word": "stratny"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reducing the amount of information in data",
      "word": "destruktiv"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lossy"
}

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