lossy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
/ˈlɒsi/(UK)
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/ˈlɒsi/(UK) · /ˈlɔsi/(US) · /ˈlɑsi/(US)
Definition of lossy
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
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adj
- Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
- Of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss.
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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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Etymology
From loss + -y.
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