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SEEML-uh-s/ˈsiːmləs/

Seamless means smooth, with no joins, interruptions, or obvious gaps: a seamless transition, seamless cover. Smooth is everyday; fluent can describe speech; patchy sits opposite. A seam is the join you are claiming not to see. Do not call a PDF seamless if the night cohort is missing from the n.

Meaning

Smooth, with no joins, interruptions, or obvious gaps.

Examples

• “A seamless PDF is not a seamless join if the night cohort is missing from the n.”
• “Smooth is everyday. Unbroken is a cousin. A gap in the sample is a methods hole. Design software can hide a join that the CSV still shows. Check the n, not the kerning.”

Good to know

No joins or awkward gaps. Everyday: smooth. Opposite flavour: patchy. A pretty file is not a complete sample.

Near in meaning

smooth

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