frictionless

English

Etymology

friction +‎ -less

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.

2. (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)