jointless
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4.7
- adjective
- /ˈdʒɔɪntləs/
- It is a jointless pipe-within-a-pipe seamless repair, with the capability to rehabilitate pipes as an alternative to replacing pipe.
Examples
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The jointless outer limbs were thin but muscular and descended in a smooth arc.
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They will give way to unitized, or jointless, adaptive multifunctional structures made in free-form fabrication processes.
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The final product is jointless, leak-proof, and corrosion-resistant.
Academic text (2001) -
Then he walked up to her and, with those two jointless fingers, gently touched her bare elbow, the soft flesh of her forearm.
Fiction book (1993) -
They will give way to unitized, or jointless, adaptive multifunctional structures made in free-form fabrication processes.
Academic text (2002) -
His research interests include the behavior of reinforced concrete structural members using high-strength concrete and steel, anchorage behavior of headed bars, seismic behavior of jointless multi-span bridges, and seismic performance of reinforced concrete bridges.
Academic text (2016) -
The final product is jointless, leak-proof, and corrosion-resistant.
Synonyms
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4.2
Made as one piece with no joins
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7.9
A body part that has no joints or separate parts
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9.1
A stem or limb with no joints that moves in one piece
Antonyms
How Jointed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jointless comes from joint ('a place where two parts meet') and the ending -less ('without'), much like the common word seamless. So a jointless object is made in one piece with no joins or seams, which makes it look smooth and less likely to leak or break.