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frameless en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English frame 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 frameless From frame + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without a frame.
    • Frameless mirrors are fitted above the seats, and a small table below the window. 1951 May, “British Railways Standard Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 328:
    • The frameless droplights are fitted with an improved Beclewat catch, which is easier to operate than earlier designs. 1960 November, “New electric multiple-units for British Railways: Manchester/Liverpool and Crewe”, in Trains Illustrated, page 660:
    • On a frameless cabinet, a separate scribe piece may be attached to a side panel, near its face. 2005, Michael W Litchfield, Renovation:
    • Theoretically speaking, the frame-based and frameless surgical localization system should have similar clinical application accuracy. 1998, William M Wells, Alan C F Colchester, Scott Delp, Medical Image Computing and Computer-assisted Intervention:
  2. (not-comparable, of a webpage) Without frames.
    • So there's still a need for a frameless alternative to any web page. 2005, Michael Meadhra, How to Do Everything with Dreamweaver 8:

Deriveds

framelessness