They are economically important to cattle rearing industry by causing direct parasitic losses and by transmission of microbes.

Note the laminations of the electromagnet pole pieces, used to limit parasitic inductive losses.

BMW has been interested in ways to reduce parasitic losses on engines, so the company took the technology a step further.

Typically the LS1 engine allows too much air in its crankcase developing into parasitic loss of power.

The LS6 relieves this unwanted pressure translating into a removal of parasitic loss thus gaining more power.

Polar molecules may dissipate high-frequency energy, causing parasitic dielectric losses.

In the internal combustion engine, almost everything, including the drive line, causes parasitic loss.

The power that the supercharger consumes is parasitic loss and is usually expressed in horsepower (HP).

One of the desirable features of a turbocharger over a supercharger is the lower parasitic loss of the former.