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Meaning of "lossy" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LOSSY

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOSSY

lossy  [ˈlɒsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOSSY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lossy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LOSSY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lossy compression

In information technology, "lossy" compression is the class of data encoding methods that uses inexact approximations for representing the content that has been encoded. Such compression techniques are used to reduce the amount of data that would otherwise be needed to store, handle, and/or transmit the represented content. The different versions of the photo of the dog at the right demonstrate how the approximation of an image becomes progressively coarser as more details of the data that made up the original image are removed. The amount of data reduction possible using lossy compression can often be much more substantial than what is possible with lossless data compression techniques. Using well-designed lossy compression technology, a substantial amount of data reduction is often possible before the result is sufficiently degraded to be noticed by the user. Even when the degree of degradation becomes noticeable, further data reduction may often be desirable for some applications. Lossy compression is most commonly used to compress multimedia data, especially in applications such as streaming media and internet telephony.

Definition of lossy in the English dictionary

The definition of lossy in the dictionary is designed to have a high attenuation; dissipating energy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOSSY


bossy
ˈbɒsɪ
drossy
ˈdrɒsɪ
flossy
ˈflɒsɪ
glossy
ˈɡlɒsɪ
Mossi
ˈmɒsɪ
mossy
ˈmɒsɪ
nonglossy
ˌnɒnˈɡlɒsɪ
Ossi
ˈɒsɪ
posse
ˈpɒsɪ
tossy
ˈtɒsɪ
undrossy
ʌnˈdrɒsɪ
xenoglossy
ˈzenəˌɡlɒsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOSSY

losings
loslyf
loss
loss adjuster
loss leader
loss ratio
losses
lossless
lossmaker
lossmaking
lost
lost and found
lost cause
Lost Generation
lost property
lost property office
lost soul
lost tribes
lost-and-found
lost-and-found column

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOSSY

classy
Debussy
dressy
embassy
fussy
glassy
grassy
gussy
hissy
hussy
kissy
massy
messy
missy
Passy
pussy
sassy
sissy
Tassy
unfussy

Synonyms and antonyms of lossy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lossy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOSSY

Find out the translation of lossy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lossy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lossy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有损
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

con pérdida
570 millions of speakers

English

lossy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हानिपूर्ण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الضياع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

потерями
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lossy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লজি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

perte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lossy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verlustbehaftete
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

損失の多い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

손실
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lossy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lossy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இழப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हानिकारक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kayıplı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lossy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stratny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

втратами
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lossy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απώλειες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lossy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förstörande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lossy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lossy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOSSY»

The term «lossy» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.181 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOSSY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lossy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOSSY»

Discover the use of lossy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lossy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lossy Image Compression: Domain Decomposition-Based Algorithms
Salient features of this book include: four new image compression algorithms and implementation of these algorithms; detailed discussion of fuzzy geometry measures and their application in image compression algorithms; new domain ...
K K Shukla, M.V. Prasad, 2011
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Design Techniques for On-chip Global Signaling Over Lossy ...
This thesis describes techniques for global high-speed signaling over long (∼10mm) lossy chip-serial transmission lines.
Jun Young Park, 2008
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Quantum Noise in Optical Parametric Amplifier Based on a ...
Chapter. 5. Discussions. of. the. Results. from. the. Lossy. Kerr. Based. NMZI. OPA. In the previous chapters, I have looked the affects of the loss in Kerr based NMZI OPA on its noise figure. In order to calculate its noise, I calculated quantum  ...
Pape Maguette Sylla, 2009
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Adobe Photoshop CS2 for the Web: Hands-on Training
There are two categories of file compression: lossy and lossless. Lossy file compression reduces file size by discarding visual information. Lossless file compression reduces file size without throwing away visual information. JPEG is a lossy ...
Tanya Staples, 2005
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Text Processing in Python
B.2. Lossless. and. Lossy. Compression. There are actually two fundamentally different "styles" of data compression: lossless and lossy. This appendix is generally about lossless compression techniques, but the reader would be served to ...
David Mertz, 2003
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Basic Introduction to Bioelectromagnetics, Second Edition
As mentioned above, we usually refer to conductors as those materials having relatively high conductivity and lossy dielectrics as those materials having relatively low conductivity. The definition for the skin depth is the same for both kinds of ...
Cynthia Furse, Douglas A. Christensen, Carl H. Durney, 2009
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Radio-frequency Electronics: Circuits and Applications
LOSSY REACTORS AND EFFICIENCY OF MATCHING NETWORKS So far we have considered networks made of ideal inductors and capacitors. Real components, however, are lossy due to the finite conductivity of metals, lossy dielectrics or ...
Jon B. Hagen, 1996
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Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases: ...
There are three possible alternatives: i) Lossy fixed conversion (or Lossy-F conversion in short), ii) Lossy local conversion (or Lossy- L conversion in short), and iii) Lossless homogenizing conversion (or Lossless conversion in short). 4.1 Lossy ...
José L. Balcázar, Francesco Bonchi, Aristides Gionis, 2010
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High-Performance CMOS Continuous-Time Filters
The lossy integrator. In the previous section, the lossless integrator has been discussed in great detail. Ideally, the pole of a lossless integrator is on the origin of the s plane. These integrators connected in series lead to unstable systems, due ...
José Silva-Martínez, Michiel Steyaert, Willy M.C. Sansen, 1993
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Signal Integrity: Simplified
where: RTTL = the intrinsic interconnect rise time, in nsec/inch RTsigna| = the rise time of the signal, in nsec d = the interconnect length, in inches, where lossy effects are important For example, if the rise lime is I nsec, for transmission lines ...
Eric Bogatin, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOSSY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lossy is used in the context of the following news items.
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American Theater Co & Araca Group Partner for New Play Workshop
Basil's play Sidewinders won the Rella Lossy Playwright's Award from the San Francisco Foundation and had its world premiere at The Cutting ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
2
New Horizons: Awaiting the data | The Planetary Society
I think that the release of raw images with lossy JPEG compression and auto-stretching is a compromise that facilitates conversation and ... «The Planetary Society, Jul 15»
3
Neil Young Pulls Music From Streaming Services Because Quality …
Technically, most streaming services use lossy audio files, which means that it's not a mathematically flawless copy of the original source ... «Sentinel Republic, Jul 15»
4
Neil Young yanks music from streaming services: 'Worst audio in …
Listening tests on the quality of high-bitrate lossy audio do not bear out Young's concerns, and some of Young's Facebook fans were quick to ... «The Register, Jul 15»
5
Cousins re-connect with Google
... ( so that I would be able to blow up the image and not have it get pixelated) in TIFF format (so that I would be able to edit in a non-lossy format). «Alberni Valley News, Jul 15»
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Digital Watch: Happy Birthday MP3!
Despite the flaws of lossy compression like MP3, this technology made possible internet radio, podcasting, internet calling like Skype, satellite ... «Radio Survivor, Jul 15»
7
Vietnam research center successfully designs advanced image …
... images with resolution of up to 16 million pixels and 16-bit grayscale with both lossy and lossless compression modes in the same system. «Tuoitrenews, Jul 15»
8
Deli Man (Blu-ray)
For some reason that eludes me, the soundtrack to this film comes in both a DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround mix and... a lossy Dolby 5.1 surround ... «DVD Talk, Jul 15»
9
Engineers Create Better Invisibility Cloaks Using Teflon And Ceramic
Previous designs for cloaking devices have done a less-then-perfect job of this because they are "lossy," meaning that they absorb some light ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
10
The Goldeneye 007 Soundtrack Just Got Way Better
The original Nintendo 64 shooter used lossy versions of composer Grant Kirkhope's vamps on Monty Norman's sinister surf rock theme from the ... «Wired, Jul 15»

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