Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Free from loss.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Free from loss.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective free from loss, especially not losing electrical energy or force
  • adjective Not losing information.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy

Etymologies

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loss +‎ -less

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