"barrierless" meaning in English

See barrierless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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  1. Lacking barriers Tags: not-comparable
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  2. (physical chemistry) Not requiring activation energy. Tags: not-comparable, physical Translations (Translations): esteetön (Finnish), barrierefrei (German), bezbarierowy (Polish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: barrierlessly, barrierlessness
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