LOSS

'Loss' may refer to:
In 'fiction':

★ Lord Loss (character), the Demon Lord from Darren Shan's 10 book series ''The Demonata''

★ Loss (comics), a mutant comic book character
In 'music':

★ Joe Loss, the founder of The Joe Loss Orchestra

★ ''Loss'' (album), the debut album of Mull Historical Society
In 'telecommunications':

★ Angular misalignment loss, power loss caused by the deviation from optimum angular alignment

★ Return loss, the ratio of the amplitude of the reflected wave to the amplitude of the incident wave

★ Bridging loss, the loss that results when an impedance is connected across a transmission line

★ Free-space loss, the loss in signal strength that would result if all influences were sufficiently removed having no effect on its propagation

★ Path loss, the attenuation undergone by an electromagnetic wave in transit from a transmitter to a receiver

★ Optical return loss, the ratio of the optical power arriving at an interface to the optical power reflected back from the same interface

★ Coupling loss, the loss that occurs when energy is transferred from one circuit, optical device, or medium to another
In 'other fields':

★ Loss (baseball), a pitching statistic in baseball

★ "The Loss" (TNG episode), a fourth-season episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''

★ Animal loss, grief over the loss of an animal

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See also

See also

★ Stop loss