lossy.
Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From loss + -y.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.