"brushless" meaning in English

See brushless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From brush + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|brush|less}} brush + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} brushless (not comparable)
  1. Not requiring the use of a brush.
    Of an electric motor: that does not use brushes, physical contacts for the commutator.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-brushless-en-adj-Up9CAvDw Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  2. Not requiring the use of a brush.
    Not requiring the use of a hairbrush, scrubbing brush, or other brush.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-brushless-en-adj-wysxHH9u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brushlessness Translations ((motor) not using brushes): harjaton (Finnish), hiiliharjaton (note: not using carbon brushes) (Finnish), sans balais (French), brushless (French) Translations (not requiring the use of a brush): harjaton (Finnish), sans blaireau (english: shaving) (French), sans brosse (French)
Disambiguation of '(motor) not using brushes': 52 48 Disambiguation of 'not requiring the use of a brush': 50 50
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