Loss 41969 224917127 2008-07-11T00:07:18Z Domitori 990480 laser physics {{wiktionarypar|loss}} '''Loss''' may refer to: *A negative difference between retail [[price]] and [[cost]] of production *An event in which the team or individual in question did not win. *[[Loss (baseball)]], a pitching statistic in baseball *[[Attenuation]], a reduction in amplitude and intensity of a signal *In telecommunications, loss is a decrease in signal in a communications system: **[[Angular misalignment loss]], power loss caused by the deviation from optimum angular alignment **[[Bridging loss]], the loss that results when an impedance is connected across a transmission line **[[Coupling loss]], the loss that occurs when energy is transferred from one circuit, optical device, or medium to another **[[Insertion loss]], the decrease in transmitted signal power resulting from the insertion of a device in a transmission line or optical fiber **[[Path loss]], the attenuation undergone by an electromagnetic wave in transit from a transmitter to a receiver ***[[Free-space path loss]], the loss in signal strength that would result if all influences were sufficiently removed having no effect on its propagation **[[Reflection loss]], a loss which causes energy to be reflected back toward its source **[[Return loss]], the ratio of the amplitude of the reflected wave to the amplitude of the incident wave * in [[laser physics]], loss (or background loss, or [[round-trip loss]]) may refer to the part of the energy of the optical field, that becomes unusable at each rond-trip in the cavity due to the scattering or absorption. In '''the arts''': *[[Loss (film)]], a 2008 film by [[Maris Martinsons (director)|Maris Martinsons]]. *[[Joe Loss]], the founder of The Joe Loss Orchestra *[[Loss (album)|''Loss'' (album)]], the debut album of Mull Historical Society *[[Loss (comics)]], a mutant comic book character *[[Lord Loss (character)]], the Demon Lord from Darren Shan's 10 book series ''The Demonata'' *[[The Loss (TNG episode)|"The Loss" (TNG episode)]], a fourth-season episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' ==See also== *[[Stop loss]] *[[Grief]], an emotional response to loss *[[Animal loss]], grief over the loss of an animal {{disambig}} [[de:Verlust]] [[es:Loser]] [[fr:Perte]] [[io:Perdajo]]