frictionless

English

Etymology

friction +‎ -less

Adjective

frictionless (not comparable)

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.
(finance) Of a transaction or trade, without tariffs and non-tariff barriers.

Translations

of or pertaining to lack of friction

Finnish: kitkaton (fi)
German: reibungslos (de)
Italian: senza attrito, senza intoppi, senza problemi, scorrevole (it)
Maori: wakukore
Swedish: friktionsfri (sv)

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