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lossy

/ˈlɒsi/ UK
/ˈlɔsi/
/ˈlɑsi/ Atlantic Canada, US, cot caught merger
/ˈlɒsi/ Boston, Canada, Maine
/ˈlɔsi/ Australia
[ˈlɔ̟si] New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɒsi, -ɔːsi

adjective lossier · lossiest

Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
Of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss.
Of an algorithm for converting or compressing data, reducing the amount of information in data. JPEG is a lossy image compression format.

Opposite: lossless

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adj subject to loss of signal strength

中文	有信號損耗的 /有信号损耗的 yǒu xìnhào sǔnhào de

adj subject to various forms of power loss

中文	有功率損耗的 /有功率损耗的 yǒu gōnglǜ sǔnhào de

adj reducing the amount of information in data

日本語	非可逆 hikagyaku
中文	有損壓縮的 /有损压缩的 yǒu sǔn yāsuō de
Ελληνικά	απολεστικός apolestikós, απωλειακός apoleiakós

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@misc{lossy_2026,
  title = {lossy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lossy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}