Synonyms for "lossy"

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5 relation types

Antonyms

2 entries

lossless

derived

3 entries

lossilylossinessunlossy

derived from

1 entries

loss

has context

3 entries

algorithmfor converting or compressing datatelecommunications

related to

2 entries

informationreduce

Translations

18 translations across 7 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

• 有信號損耗的 /有信号损耗的 adj (subject to loss of signal strength)
• 有功率損耗的 /有功率损耗的 adj (subject to various forms of power loss)
• 有損壓縮的 /有损压缩的 adj (reducing the amount of information in data)

Finnish

3 entries

• häviöllinen adj (subject to loss of signal strength)
• häviöllinen adj (subject to various forms of power loss)
• häviöllinen adj (reducing the amount of information in data)

Greek

2 entries

• απολεστικός adj (reducing the amount of information in data)
• απωλειακός adj (reducing the amount of information in data)

Hungarian

4 entries

• veszteséges adj (subject to loss of signal strength)
• veszteséges adj (subject to various forms of power loss)
• veszteséges adj (reducing the amount of information in data)
• veszteséggel járó adj (subject to loss of signal strength)

Japanese

1 entries

• 非可逆 adj (reducing the amount of information in data)

Polish

3 entries

• stratny adj (subject to loss of signal strength)
• stratny adj (subject to various forms of power loss)
• stratny adj (reducing the amount of information in data)

Swedish

1 entries

• destruktiv adj (reducing the amount of information in data)

Sample sentences

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