Lossy
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:8 pts5 letters
Definition of Lossy
Adjective
- 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."