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barrierless

adj

Etymology

From barrier + -less.

  1. derived from barre — “bar”
  2. derived from barriere
  3. inherited from barryer
  4. suffixed as barrierless — “barrier + less”

Definitions

  1. Lacking barriers

    • The world is increasingly barrierless.
    • High Mill crossing, at present gated and manually-operated, will become a barrierless rural-type crossing.
    • In Burneside in the Lake District on July 29, an incident took place at a barrierless level crossing on the Windermere branch that has been described by senior railway staff as one of the closest near misses they've ever seen.

  2. Not requiring activation energy.

    • The reaction is then barrierless, ie, ΔG* = 0, and the rate constant is a maximum for the given λ (Figure 6).

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