: done or being without loss (as of power or data)
lossless data compression
lossless power transmission
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Teleportation, by contrast, is lossless; its error rate should be the same as any operation performed on a single piece of local hardware.
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John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
World-altering technologies — lossless power grids, magnetically levitating vehicles — might follow.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
The Focus Vision also adds DisplayPort support via USB-C, which HTC says enables a lossless connection when tethered to your PC.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2024
For Apple Music, which is included in Apple One, that’s generally been its lossless audio offerings and interoperability with Apple devices.
—Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 11 July 2024
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John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
World-altering technologies — lossless power grids, magnetically levitating vehicles — might follow.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
The Focus Vision also adds DisplayPort support via USB-C, which HTC says enables a lossless connection when tethered to your PC.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2024
For Apple Music, which is included in Apple One, that’s generally been its lossless audio offerings and interoperability with Apple devices.
—Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 11 July 2024
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“Lossless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lossless. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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lossless
adjective
loss·less
ˈlȯs-ləs 
: occurring or functioning without loss
lossless electrical transmission in a nerve fiber
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