Definition of Lossless

1. Adjective. Characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy.

Antonyms: Lossy

Definition of Lossless

1. a. Free from loss.

Definition of Lossless

1. Adjective. free from loss, especially not losing electrical energy or force ¹

2. Adjective. (context: Information theory) Not losing information. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lossless

1. done or being without loss [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lossless

loss function
loss functions
loss leader
loss leaders
loss of consciousness
loss of consortium
loss of face
loss of heterozygosity
loss of life
loss ratio
losses
lossful
lossier
lossiest
lossily
lossless (current term)
losslessly
losslessness
lossmaker
lossmakers
lossmaking
lossy
lost
lost(p)
lost-and-found
lost and found
lost and founds
lost cause
lost count
lost errand

Literary usage of Lossless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics by Edward R Dougherty (2005)
"lossless bit rates. AI, and is described in greater detail in [5]. Apolipoprotein AI is related to lipid metabolism in mice. The treatment group has a ..."

2. Open Information Interchange Study On Image/graphics Standards by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"lossless coding techniques lossless coding guaranties that the decompressed image is absolute identical to the original image before compression. ..."

3. Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Archival Materials for Electronic Access by Steven T. Puglia, Jeffrey Reed, Erin Rhodes (2005)
"-Not suitable as access file—no native support in current web browsers -Simple raster format -High-bit compatible -lossless compression -Supports alpha ..."

4. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"The compression techniques may be lossless or lossy. lossless compression techniques enable recovering the original signal without any change at all. ..."

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