Tickless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Tickless is an adjective meaning Lacking ticks (the insect).
Meaning
Lacking ticks (the insect).
More Meanings
- Without a ticking sound.
- (computing) Having interrupts occur only when required, rather than at regular intervals.
Example Sentences
a tickless kernel; a tickless scheduler
Our suddenly tickless dog, now quite ticked-off, doesn't know who to kill first but by the time he rolls over, jaws snapping, the surgeons are practicing in the next county.
Maybe with the new technology, they might have tickless bombs. They've had tickless clocks for years. And they even have seedless watermelons. So a tickless bomb should be routine.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bugless, flyless, tuskless, insectless, cricketless, itchless.
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