Usually means: Data compression with quality reduction.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word lossy:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. lossy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lossy: Merriam-Webster
  3. lossy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lossy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lossy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Lossy, lossy: Wordnik
  7. lossy: Wiktionary
  8. lossy: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. lossy: Dictionary.com
  10. Lossy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. lossy: Rhymezone
  12. lossy: FreeDictionary.org
  13. lossy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. lossy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. lossy: Graphic Design Dictionary
  2. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Computing (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. lossy: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. LOSSY: CCI Computer
  3. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Internet Terms (No longer online)
  5. Lossy: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  6. lossy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. lossy: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lossy: Extragalactic Astronomy

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  2. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  3. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  4. Lossy: Web Hosting Glossary

Definitions from Wiktionary (lossy)

adjective:  (telecommunications) Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
adjective:  (power systems) Of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss.
adjective:  (computing, of an algorithm for converting or compressing data) Reducing the amount of information in data.

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