lossy

[ law-see, los-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Electricity.

(of a material or transmission line) causing appreciable loss or dissipation of energy.

lossy

/ ˈlɒsɪ /

See lossless
(of a dielectric material, transmission line, etc) designed to have a high attenuation; dissipating energy Compare lossless
lossy line

Origin of lossy¹

First recorded in 1945–50; loss + -y ¹

Origin of lossy¹

C20: from loss

Wi-Fi audio makes this particularly clear because it comes in higher fidelity than lossy Bluetooth broadcasts.

Pro photographers typically shoot in raw because it maintains image data that’s outside the scope of what a lossy format like JPEG can handle.

Which Buddy did as quick as a wink, and lossy-me and a pancake!

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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