[
US
/ˈfɹɪkʃənɫəs/
]
[ UK /fɹˈɪkʃənləs/ ]
[ UK /fɹˈɪkʃənləs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
lacking all friction
a perpetual motion machine would have to be frictionless
How To Use frictionless In A Sentence
- Where do the professions fit in a future depicted as a globalizing march toward a frictionless capitalism based upon information and communications technology?
- The idea is to be as frictionless as possible, so you don't need much forward thrust to get moving.
- It's a frictionless surface, almost frictionless.
- The market and the authorities have combined to assure the virtually frictionless conversion of Treasuries into payment money (checking accounts or federal funds) on demand.
- The underlying bone is spongy too resulting in a smooth frictionless joint.
- They have risen frictionlessly through machines that punish excessive personality. Times, Sunday Times
- No, they won't be levitating off the ground, and no, they won't be frictionless, but they may be significantly more efficient than existing windmills.
- I notice that this happens only when they want to emphasize a word, because in other instances the frictionless continuant is used. The Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation | Linguism
- Indeed, ours is a time when mass communication is perilously, frictionlessly easy. The Times Literary Supplement
- Within the cells of our bodies, fluids flow rapidly through miniscule, nearly frictionless, protein channels.