"brushless" meaning in English

See brushless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís Proto-Germanic *burstiz Frankish *burstibor. Vulgar Latin *brustia Old French broissebor. Middle English brusshe English brush Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English brushless From brush + -less. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|brush|-less|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís Proto-Germanic *burstiz Frankish *burstibor. Vulgar Latin *brustia Old French broissebor. Middle English brusshe English brush Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English brushless [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*bʰr̥stís", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰers-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*burstiz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Frankish", "term" : "*bursti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "frk" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "term" : "*brustia", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "broisse", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "brusshe", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "brush", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*lewHs-", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*lewh₁-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*leusaną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*lausaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-lausaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-laus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-lēas", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-les", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-less", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "brushless", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="brushless"> From 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 Translations ((motor) not using brushes): harjaton (Finnish), hiiliharjaton (note: not using carbon brushes) (Finnish), sans balais (French), brushless (French)
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  2. Not requiring the use of a brush.
    Not requiring the use of a hairbrush, scrubbing brush, or other brush.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brushlessness Translations (not requiring the use of a brush): harjaton (Finnish), sans blaireau (english: shaving) (French), sans brosse (French)
Disambiguation of 'not requiring the use of a brush': 50 50
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          "tags": [
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          "text": "a brushless motor",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not requiring the use of a brush.",
        "Of an electric motor: that does not use brushes, physical contacts for the commutator."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brush",
          "brush#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "electric motor",
          "electric motor"
        ],
        [
          "contact",
          "contact"
        ],
        [
          "commutator",
          "commutator"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
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          ],
          "text": "a brushless shaving cream",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "text": "a brushless finish on the concrete",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not requiring the use of a brush.",
        "Not requiring the use of a hairbrush, scrubbing brush, or other brush."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brush",
          "brush#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "hairbrush",
          "hairbrush"
        ],
        [
          "scrubbing brush",
          "scrubbing brush"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "(motor) not using brushes",
      "word": "harjaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "note": "not using carbon brushes",
      "sense": "(motor) not using brushes",
      "word": "hiiliharjaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "(motor) not using brushes",
      "word": "sans balais"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "(motor) not using brushes",
      "word": "brushless"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "not requiring the use of a brush",
      "word": "harjaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "shaving",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "not requiring the use of a brush",
      "translation": "shaving",
      "word": "sans blaireau"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "not requiring the use of a brush",
      "word": "sans brosse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brushless"
}

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