lossless
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The audio engineer uses a lossless format to preserve the original sound quality.
Definition
- Adjective:
- Characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy: In physics and engineering, this describes a process or system where no energy is lost, typically as heat or sound.
- Preserving all original data without any reduction in quality or detail: In computing and digital media, this describes a method of compression or encoding where the original data can be perfectly reconstructed from the compressed version, with no loss of information.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Theoretical models often assume a lossless transmission line for simplicity. (This describes a system with no energy dissipation.)
- For archiving important photos, it's best to use a lossless format like PNG or TIFF. (This describes a data compression method that preserves all original information.)
- The audio engineer insisted on recording the master track in a lossless format. (This emphasizes the preservation of all audio data.)
Advanced Usage
- "Lossless compression": A specific data compression algorithm that allows the exact original data to be reconstructed from the compressed data.
- ZIP files use lossless compression, so you can extract the files exactly as they were.
- "Lossless audio": Audio files encoded in a format that does not discard any sonic information from the original source.
- Audiophiles prefer listening to music in lossless audio formats like FLAC or ALAC.
Variants and Related Words
- Losslessly (adverb): In a lossless manner.
- The data was compressed losslessly to ensure fidelity.
- Losslessness (noun): The quality or state of being lossless.
- The losslessness of the algorithm is its key advantage for data integrity.
Synonyms
- Non-destructive: Not causing damage or loss (common in data/editing contexts).
- Perfect reconstruction: Able to be rebuilt exactly (technical term in signal processing).
- Reversible: Able to be returned to the original state (general term).
Antonyms
- Lossy: Characterized by or causing the loss of data or quality, especially as a result of compression.
- JPEG is a lossy image format, which reduces file size by discarding some visual data.
The audio engineer uses a lossless format to preserve the original sound quality.
Adjective
- characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy