"brushless" meaning in English

See brushless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: brush + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|brush|less}} brush + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} brushless (not comparable)
  1. Not using brushes, of a motor that does not use physical contacts for the commutator. Tags: not-comparable Translations ((motor) not using brushes): harjaton (Finnish), hiiliharjaton (note: not using carbon brushes) (Finnish), sans balais (French), brushless (French)
    Sense id: en-brushless-en-adj-UKvGjrx- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 52 48 Disambiguation of '(motor) not using brushes': 69 31
  2. Not requiring the use of a brush. Tags: not-comparable Translations (not requiring the use of a brush): sans blaireau (english: shaving) (French), sans brosse (French)
    Sense id: en-brushless-en-adj-mSiRjqZ6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'not requiring the use of a brush': 17 83

Download JSON data for brushless meaning in English (2.2kB)

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