LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to:

Science and technology

Length of stay Length of stay (LOS) is the duration of a single episode of hospitalization. patient, Inpatient days are calculated by subtracting day of admission from day of :wikt:discharge, discharge. Analysis A common statistic associated with length of stay ...

, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation * Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers *

Level of significance Type I error, or a false positive, is the erroneous rejection of a true null hypothesis in statistical hypothesis testing. A type II error, or a false negative, is the erroneous failure in bringing about appropriate rejection of a false null hyp ...

, a measure of statistical significance * Line-of-sight (disambiguation) *

LineageOS LineageOS is an Open-source software, open source Android (operating system), Android operating system for smartphones, tablet computer, tablets, and set-top boxes. It is community-developed and serves as the successor to CyanogenMod, from which ...

, a free and open-source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers * Loss of signal **

Fading In wireless communications, fading is the variation of signal attenuation over variables like time, geographical position, and radio frequency. Fading is often modeled as a random process. In wireless systems, fading may either be due to mul ...

**End of

pass (spaceflight) An orbital pass (or simply pass) is the period in which a spacecraft is above the local horizon, and thus available for line-of-sight communication with a given ground station, receiver, or relay satellite, or for visual sighting. The beginning ...

* Loss of significance, undesirable effect in calculations using floating-point arithmetic

Medicine and biology

Lipooligosaccharide Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), now more commonly known as endotoxin, is a collective term for components of the outermost membrane of the cell envelope of gram-negative bacteria, such as ''Escherichia coli, E. coli'' and ''Salmonella'' with a common ...

, a bacterial lipopolysaccharide with a low-molecular-weight * Lower oesophageal sphincter

Arts and entertainment

* '' The Land of Stories'', a series of children's novels by Chris Colfer * Los, or the Crimson King, a character in Stephen King's novels *

Los (band) Los was a British indie rock band, formed and based in Surrey. As of 2008, the band comprises Helen Sargent (vocals and synth), Daniel Hale (drums) and Chris Hamilton (guitars). Their distinctive sound had been described as a mixture of rock, ...

, a British indie rock band from 2008 to 2011 *

Los (Blake) In the William Blake's mythology, mythological writings of William Blake, Los is the fallen (earthly or human) form of Urthona, one of the four Zoas, and the embodiment of human creativity and inspiration. He is referred to as the "eternal proph ...

, a character in William Blake's poetry *

Los (rapper) Carlos Coleman, better known by his stage name King Los or simply Los, is an American rapper and songwriter from Baltimore, Maryland. He is best known for his affiliation with American rapper Sean Combs, Puff Daddy, having frequently served as h ...

(born 1982), stage name of American rapper Carlos Coleman * "Los", a song from the Rammstein album ''

Reise, Reise ''Reise, Reise'' (; a German '' military wake-up call'', literally "(a)rise, (a)rise") is the fourth studio album by Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. It was released on 27 September 2004 through Universal Music in Germany and followed shor ...

'' *Los, or 'Legion of Skanks', is a comedy podcast on Gas Digital Network.

Games and sports

Line of scrimmage In gridiron football, a line of scrimmage is an invisible transverse line (across the width of the field) beyond which a team cannot cross until the next play has begun. Its location is based on the spot where the ball is placed after the end ...

, in American football *

Lucas Oil Stadium Lucas Oil Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in downtown Indianapolis, downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It replaced the RCA Dome as the home field of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). It opened on August ...

, Indianapolis, Indiana, the home of the Indianapolis Colts football team

Locations

Îles de Los The Îles de Los () are an island group lying off Conakry, Guinea, on the west coast of Africa. Their name is derived from the Portuguese ''Ilhas dos Ídolos'', meaning "islands of the idols". They are located about off the headland limiting t ...

, Guinea *

Los, Sweden Los is a locality situated in Ljusdal Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 332 inhabitants in 2020. The village is known for its 18th-century cobalt Cobalt is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Co and atomic numbe ...

Łoś, Masovian Voivodeship Łoś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Prażmów, within Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Prażmów, south-west of Piaseczno, and south of Warsaw Warsaw, ...

, Poland * Los, a small crater on Mars

Business

LOS AS LOS AS is a Norwegian electricity supplier and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Agder Energi. The company is the Norway's third largest household supplier. The company's core business is the supply of electricity products tailored to the differ ...

, a Norwegian electricity supplier and subsidiary of Agder Energi * Loan Origination System

Weapons

PZL.37 Łoś The PZL.37 ''Łoś'' ('moose') was a Polish twin-engined medium bomber designed and manufactured by national aircraft company Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze (PZL). It is sometimes incorrectly referred to as "PZL P.37", but the letter "P" was reserve ...

, Polish bomber aircraft * Los (''Лось''), Soviet hunting rifle

Other uses

Los (surname) Łoś (Polish) or Los (Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, etc., also transliterated from Belarusian, Ukrainian, and Russian "Лось") is a surname meaning "moose The moose (: 'moose'; used in North America) or elk (: 'elk' or 'elks'; used in Eurasi ...

Law of the sea Law of the sea (or ocean law) is a body of international law governing the rights and duties of State (polity), states in Ocean, maritime environments. It concerns matters such as navigational rights, sea mineral claims, and coastal waters juris ...

London Oratory School The London Oratory School, also known as "The Oratory" or "The London Oratory" to distinguish it from other schools, is a Selective Catholic Voluntary Aided secondary school for boys aged 7–18 and girls aged 16–18 in West Brompton. Foun ...

, a Catholic secondary school in Fulham, London; commonly known as The Oratory *

League of the South The League of the South (LS) is an American White nationalism, white nationalist, Neo-Confederates, neo-Confederate, White supremacy, white supremacist organization that says its goal is "a free and independent Southern republic". Headquarte ...

, a neo-Confederate group * los, ISO 639 code for the

Loniu language Loniu is an Austronesian language spoken along the southern coast of Los Negros Island in the Manus Province, immediately east of Manus Island in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Pa ...

of Papua New Guinea * ''los'', a determiner in the Spanish language * ''los'', a pronoun in the Spanish language * LOS, the IATA code for

Murtala Muhammed International Airport Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) () is an international airport located in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, and is the major airport serving the entire state. The airport was initially built during World War II and is named after Murt ...

in Lagos, Nigeria * LOS, the National Rail code for

Lostwithiel railway station Lostwithiel (; ) is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739, increasing to 2,899 at the 2011 census. The Lostw ...

in Cornwall, UK