frictionless

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English

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Etymology

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From friction +‎ -less.

Adjective

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frictionless (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to lack of friction.
    It would last many years because of its frictionless bearings.
    A hard border is a real possibility, and a frictionless border is almost an oxymoron.
    • 2021 May 19, Paul Stephen, “Our railway in RAIL's next 40 years: Jacqueline Starr”, in RAIL, number 931, page 40:
      In the decade ahead, the story must be one of increasingly frictionless travel.
  2. (finance) Of a transaction or trade, without tariffs and non-tariff barriers.

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