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grainless en · ADJ

Etymology

From grain + -less. Piecewise doublet of cornless.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without grain.
    • grainless silage
  2. (not-comparable) Free from grainy texture or appearance.
    • Highlights start blocking up and shadows turn to featureless black far sooner than on normal films — but the shadows are a very lovely black, because shadow areas of the two new films are clear and grainless. 1973 January, Popular Mechanics, volume 139, number 1, page 52:
    • making grainless enlargements 1934, Popular Science, volume 125, number 4, page 78:

Deriveds

grainlessness