grainless
adjEtymology From grain + -less. Piecewise doublet of cornless.
1
Without grain.
- grainless silage
2
Free from grainy texture or appearance.
- making grainless enlargements1934, Popular Science, volume 125, number 4, page 78:
- Highlights start blocking up and shadows turn to featureless black far sooner than on normal films — but the shadows are a very lovely black, because shadow areas of the two new films are clear and grainless.1973 January, Popular Mechanics, volume 139, number 1, page 52:
- Derived terms
- grainlessness