Meanings
adjectivegrainless (not comparable)
- not comparableFree from grainy texture or appearance.
making grainless enlargements
1934, Popular Science, volume 125, number 4, page 781 more example
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
Origin
From grain + -less. Piecewise doublet of cornless.
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