Word: rateless
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: rate
less
Definition: Describing a family of codes whose higher rate codes have codewords that are prefixes of those of the lower rate codes.
Morphemes:
Affix: rate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: raten
Language: enm
Decoded: raten
Meaning: to scold, chide
Affix: -less
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Lacking (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun.