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flutterless en · ADJ

Etymology

From flutter + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without fluttering.
    • […] While over its bosom the dim vapours hover, / And flutterless skims the snowy-winged plover: […] 1819, John Neal, The Battle of Niagara: With Other Poems, page 223:
  2. (not-comparable) Without the form of sound distortion called flutter.
    • The Synchro-Sound 16-mm. professional camera is described which features a sprocketless sound drive designed to insure flutterless recording. 1939, Eastman Kodak Company. Research Laboratories, Monthly Abstract Bulletin from the Kodak Research Laboratories, page 221: