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brushless

brushless adjective: of an electric motor: that does not use brushes, physical contacts for the commutator.

Adjective

brushless (not comparable)

  1. Of an electric motor: that does not use brushes, physical contacts for the commutator.
    • a brushless motor
  2. Not requiring the use of a hairbrush, scrubbing brush, or other brush.
    • a brushless shaving cream
    • a brushless finish on the concrete

Origin of brushless

From brush + -less.

Words formed from brushless

Questions about brushless

What does brushless mean?
Brushless means of an electric motor: that does not use brushes, physical contacts for the commutator.
What part of speech is brushless?
Brushless is an adjective.

Words near brushless in the dictionary

  1. brushite
  2. brushland
  3. brushland tinamou
  4. brushland tinamous
  5. brushlands
  6. brushless
  7. brushlessness
  8. brushlet
  9. brushlets
  10. brushlike
  11. brushmaker

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