A loess (US: /ˈlɛs, ˈlʌs, ˈloʊ.əs/, UK: /ˈloʊ.əs, ˈlɜːs/; from German: Löss [lœs]) is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the...

Look up loss or lose in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Loss may refer to: Economic loss Grief, an emotional response to loss Animal loss, grief over...

"The Loss" is the 84th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the tenth episode of the fourth season...

Stop-loss may refer to: Stop-loss insurance, an insurance policy that goes into effect after a set amount is paid in claims Stop-loss order, stock or commodity...

A hull loss is an aviation accident that damages the aircraft beyond economical repair, resulting in a total loss. The term also applies to situations...

Hair loss, also known as alopecia or baldness, refers to a loss of hair from part of the head or body. Typically at least the head is involved. The severity...

…At a Loss is the third album by American sludge metal band Buzzoven, released on May 5, 1998, by Off the Records. The album was reissued in 2010 on vinyl...

In telecommunications, insertion loss is the loss of signal power resulting from the insertion of a device in a transmission line or optical fiber and...

Alexander "Joe" Loss LVO OBE (22 June 1909 – 6 June 1990) was a British dance band leader and musician who founded his own eponymous orchestra. Loss was born...

In economics, deadweight loss is the loss of societal economic welfare due to production/consumption of a good at a quantity where marginal benefit (to...

Information loss may refer to: Data loss in information systems lossy compression Digital obsolescence Black hole information paradox in theoretical physics...

represents a financial loss for the seller. This is distinct from losses from selling goods below cost, which is typically considered loss in business income...

In electrical engineering, dielectric loss quantifies a dielectric material's inherent dissipation of electromagnetic energy (e.g. heat). It can be parameterized...

A loss leader (also leader) is a pricing strategy where a product is sold at a price below its market cost to stimulate other sales of more profitable...

Losser (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɔsər] ) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. It is at the eastern end of the A1 motorway. Beuningen...

Weight loss, in the context of medicine, health, or physical fitness, refers to a reduction of the total body mass, by a mean loss of fluid, body fat...

Ghosts of Loss is the second studio album by Finnish death-doom band Swallow the Sun, released on August 24, 2005. Compared with their debut, this album...

"Loss", sometimes referred to as "loss.jpg", is a strip published on June 2, 2008, by Tim Buckley for his gaming-related webcomic Ctrl+Alt+Del. It is...

Copper loss is the term often given to heat produced by electrical currents in the conductors of transformer windings, or other electrical devices. Copper...

In American political discourse, the "loss of China" is the unexpected Chinese Communist Party coming to power in mainland China from the U.S.-backed Nationalist...

In telecommunications, return loss is a measure in relative terms of the power of the signal reflected by a discontinuity in a transmission line or optical...

Hearing loss is a partial or total inability to hear. Hearing loss may be present at birth or acquired at any time afterwards. Hearing loss may occur...

The Inheritance of Loss is the second novel by Indian author Kiran Desai. It was first published in 2006. It won a number of awards, including the Booker...

Tooth loss is a process in which one or more teeth come loose and fall out. Tooth loss is normal for deciduous teeth (baby teeth), when they are replaced...

Magic and Loss is the sixteenth solo studio album by American rock musician Lou Reed, released on January 14, 1992, by Sire Records. A concept album, it...

Stop-loss insurance is insurance that protects insurers against large claims. Stop-loss policies take effect after a certain threshold has been exceeded...

Wins & Losses is the third studio album by American rapper Meek Mill. It was released on July 21, 2017, by Maybach Music Group and Atlantic Records Group...

Profit and the Loss is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and Eliot Stannard and starring James Carew, Randle Ayrton and Margaret...

In mathematical optimization and decision theory, a loss function or cost function (sometimes also called an error function) is a function that maps an...

Data loss is an error condition in information systems in which information is destroyed by failures (like failed spindle motors or head crashes on hard...