What does impermanent loss means in the crypto world?

We all hear about Liquidity Pools in the crypto world in the DeFi context and that you can suffer impermanent loss when doing so. This might be scary as it sounds so we try to understand it and explain it as better as we can. So, let's try to answer to the following question.

What does impermanent loss means in the crypto world?

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