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Definition of Losses

1. Noun. Something lost (especially money lost at gambling).

Definition of Losses

1. Noun. (plural of loss) ¹

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Definition of Losses

1. loss [n] - See also: loss

Lexicographical Neighbors of Losses

Literary usage of Losses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"These eddy-current losses in the copper cannot be calculated but may be kept ... Constant losses and Variable losses.—The losses are sometimes divided into ..."

2. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"We found that the percentage of losses on registered vessels of the United ... We further found that the increase and decrease of losses follows a cycle, ..."

3. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"Tabular stmt. of risks written, premiums recd., losses paid, and losses incurred in Vt. by foreign fire insurance cos. (Same 1885/6 (pp. ..."

4. Bulletin by National Electric Light Association (1911)
"When considering distribution losses, the amount of this increase is easily ... The actual transmission or distribution losses will be increased in ..."

5. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution: With an by Lorenzo Sabine (1864)
"His losses in consequence of his loyalty were estimated at £J50. public house in that town, which was the place of resort for the adherents of the Crown, ..."

6. Steam Turbines: A Practical and Theoretical Treatise for Engineers and by James Ambrose Moyer (1914)
"Of these the first three are, in a way, mechanical losses in the sense that the details of ... The first of these losses, disk and blade rotation loss, ..."

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