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{{Wiktionary|loss|lose}}
'''Loss''' may refer to:

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*[[Economic loss]]
*[[Grief]], an emotional response to loss
**[[Animal loss]], grief over the loss of an animal

==Mathematics, science, and technology==
*[[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
*[[Dielectric loss]], a dielectric material's inherent dissipation of electromagnetic energy
*[[Loss function]], in statistics, a function representing the cost associated with an event
*[[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
*[[Return loss]], the ratio of the amplitude of the reflected wave to the amplitude of the incident wave
*[[Round-trip loss]] in laser physics refers to energy lost due to scattering or absorption
*{{ill|Switching loss|de|Schaltverluste}}, power loss incured due to circuit switching
*[[Lick Observatory Supernova Search]] (LOSS) program

==Arts, entertainment, and media==
===Music===
====Albums====
*[[Loss (Bass Communion album)|''Loss'' (Bass Communion album)]] (2006)
*[[Loss (Mull Historical Society album)|''Loss'' (Mull Historical Society album)]] (2001)

====Songs====
*[[Losses (Lil Tjay song)|"Losses" (Lil Tjay song)]] (2020)
*"Loss", a song by God Is an Astronaut from [[God Is an Astronaut (album)|their self-titled album]] (2008)
*"Loss", a song by Madder Mortem from ''[[Mercury (Madder Mortem album)|Mercury]]'' (1999)
*"Loss", a song by Underoath from ''[[The Place After This One]]'' (2025)
*"Losses", a song by Drake from ''[[Dark Lane Demo Tapes]]'' (2020)
*"Losses", a song by Polo G from ''[[Hall of Fame (Polo G album)|Hall of Fame]]'' (2021)

===Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media===
*[[Loss (Ctrl+Alt+Del)|"Loss" (''Ctrl+Alt+Del'')]], a webcomic strip and internet meme
*[[Loss (film)|''Loss'' (film)]], a 2008 film by Maris Martinsons
*[[Lord Loss (character)]], a character from Darren Shan's ''The Demonata''
*"[[The Loss]]", a 1990 episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''

==Other uses==
*[[Loss (surname)]]
*[[Loss (baseball)]], a pitching statistic in baseball
*[[League of Secessionist States]] (LoSS), an intermicronational organisation

== See also ==
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*[[Attenuation]], a reduction in amplitude and intensity of a signal
*[[Lose (disambiguation)]]
*[[Lost (disambiguation)]]
*[[Losing (disambiguation)]]
*[[Stop loss (disambiguation)]]

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