Loss may refer to: *

Economic loss Economic loss is a technical terminology, term of art which refers to financial loss and damage suffered by a person which is seen only on a balance sheet and not as physical injury to person or property. There is a fundamental distinction between ...

Grief Grief is the response to the loss of something deemed important, particularly to the death of a person to whom or animal to which a Human bonding, bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, ...

, an emotional response to loss **

Animal loss The loss of a pet or an animal to which one has become emotionally bonded oftentimes results in grief which can be comparable with the death of a human loved one, or even greater, depending on the individual. The death can be felt more intensely ...

, 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 In telecommunications, return loss is a measure in relative terms of the power of the signal reflected by a discontinuity in a transmission line or optical fiber. This discontinuity can be caused by a mismatch between the termination or load co ...

, 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 *, power loss incured due to circuit switching * Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) program

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Albums

* ''Loss'' (Bass Communion album) (2006) * ''Loss'' (Mull Historical Society album) (2001)

Songs

* "Losses" (Lil Tjay song) (2020) *"Loss", a song by God Is an Astronaut from their self-titled album (2008) *"Loss", a song by Madder Mortem from '' 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 A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actu ...

'' (2021)

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* "Loss" (''Ctrl+Alt+Del''), a webcomic strip and internet meme * ''Loss'' (film), a 2008 film by Maris Martinsons *

Lord Loss (character) ''The Demonata'' is a young adult horror/fantasy series by author Darren Shan. Works Publishing order Cover illustration copyright Melvyn Grant #'' Lord Loss'' – 6 June 2005 (5 October 2005 in the US) #''Demon Thief'' – 5 October 2005 ...

, a character from Darren Shan's ''The Demonata'' *"

The Loss "The Loss" is the 84th episode of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', and the tenth episode of the fourth season. It originally aired on December 31, 1990. Set in the 24th century, the series fol ...

", a 1990 episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''

Other uses

Joe Loss Joshua Alexander "Joe" Loss (22 June 1909 – 6 June 1990) was a British dance band leader and musician who founded his own eponymous orchestra. Life Loss was born in Spitalfields, London, the youngest of four children. His parents, Israel an ...

(1909–1990), founder of The Joe Loss Orchestra *

Loss (baseball) Loss may refer to: *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 al ...

, a pitching statistic in baseball *

League of Secessionist States The League of Secessionist States (LoSS; LOSS) is a dormant, Internet-based intermicronational organisation that exists "to promote intermicronational communication and partnership, and serves to act as a supramicronational, impartial Body wh ...

(LoSS), an intermicronational organisation