tapeless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Old English tæppa Middle English tape English tape 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 tapeless From tape + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without tape (adhesive product).
tapeless splicer
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(not-comparable) Not using or requiring the medium of tape, such as audio or video tape.
The video from tapeless camcorders is very difficult to edit on a computer, too.
2007 February 22, David Pogue, “Camcorders That Come With Footnotes”, in New York Times: