centerless
Without a core
Centerless describes something lacking a center or central point.
In manufacturing, centerless grinding is a machining process where the workpiece isn't held by a fixed axis but instead rotates freely between a grinding wheel and a regulating wheel: centerless grinding produces precision cylindrical parts.
Figuratively, centerless can describe organizations or movements without central leadership or control.
Lacking definite shape
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
- infiniteHaving no bounds
- voidWithout legal effect
- nebulousUnclear and formless
undefined · shapeless · diffuse · unbounded · limitless · amorphous · indeterminate · unstructured
Floating without control
- lostUnable to navigate
- aimlessHaving no direction
- unmooredReleased from anchorage
- rootlessHaving no stable foundation
anchorless · drifting · ungrounded · directionless · displaced · wandering · floating · untethered
Divided and given out
- networkedLinked for data exchange
- peer-to-peerServerless network architecture
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
- leaderlessHaving no one directing
autonomous · nonhierarchical · federated · horizontal · collective · headless · flat · dispersed
formless
Lacking definite shape
nebulous · undefined · shapeless · diffuse · unbounded · limitless · amorphous · indeterminate · unstructured · vague
adrift
Floating without control
rootless · anchorless · drifting · ungrounded · directionless · displaced · wandering · floating · untethered · groundless
distributed
Divided and given out
- networkedLinked for data exchange
- peer-to-peerServerless network architecture
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
leaderless · autonomous · nonhierarchical · federated · horizontal · collective · headless · flat · dispersed · nodal
wheel
Rotating circular frame
- cylindricalCircular in cross-section
- abrasiveRough enough to erode
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
bearing · rotation · machining · regulating · workpiece · infeed · roundness · tolerance · spindle · metalworking
centerlesscentered
Placed at midpoint
central · centric · centralized · concentric · axial
center, central, eccentric, concentrate, concentration, centered, centers, concentrated, centering