(US, military, uncountable) A requirement for soldiers to remain in service beyond their normal discharge date. / (stock market, countable) A stop loss order.

(law) In the law of torts, the deprivation of the benefits of a family relationship, generally including sex, affection, and companionship, due to personal injuries caused by the tortfeasor to the person from whom the claimant received these benefits.

(idiomatic) loss of the respect of others, humiliation, public disgrace

(idiomatic) An absolute or total loss.

(electrical) Energy wasted by hysteresis or eddy currents in the core of an armature, transformer, etc.

The pressure lost in a hydraulic system as fluid moves through a pipeline.

(medicine, dermatology) Loss of hair from the head or body due to a medical condition.

(medicine) A reduction in the volume, strength, or density of bone.

(physics) The attenuation of an electromagnetic wave as it propagates through space

Synonym of net operating loss