lossy

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈlɒsi/(UK)
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/ˈlɒsi/(UK) · /ˈlɔsi/(US) · /ˈlɑsi/(US)

Definition of lossy

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
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adj

  1. Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
  2. Of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss.
  3. 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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