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chipless

chipless adjective: that cuts or forms a material without producing chips.

Adjective

chipless (not comparable)

  1. That cuts or forms a material without producing chips.
  2. Without microchips.
    • Little progress has been achieved in the development of a chipless RFID tag reader.2013, Nemai Chandra Karmakar, Randika Koswatta, Prasanna Kalansuriya, Chipless RFID Reader Architecture, page 3
  3. Without chips (the food).
    • Forrest looks up from his chipless fish.2006, Tom Groneberg, One Good Horse, page 93

Origin of chipless

From chip + -less.

Questions about chipless

What does chipless mean?
Chipless means that cuts or forms a material without producing chips.
What part of speech is chipless?
Chipless is an adjective.

Words near chipless in the dictionary

  1. chiphead
  2. chipheads
  3. chipil
  4. Chipko
  5. Chipkos
  6. chipless
  7. chiplet
  8. chiplets
  9. Chipley
  10. chiplike
  11. chipmaker

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