frictionless

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English

Etymology

From friction +‎ -less.

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Adjective

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.
    • 2025 June 30, Adrienne Matei, “‘Hey man, I’m so sorry for your loss’: should you use AI to text?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
      To her, adding AI into relationships “presupposes inadequacy” in them, and offers a sterile alternative: always saying the right thing, back and forth, frictionless forever.
  2. (finance) Of a transaction or trade, without tariffs and non-tariff barriers.
    • 2018 March 1, Charles Riley, “Brexit dream of 'frictionless' trade with EU is dying”, in CNN Business:
      "There can be no frictionless trade outside of the customs union and the single market," said Donald Tusk, president of the council of all 28 EU member states.

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