contactless
adjective
con·tact·less
ˈkän-ˌtakt-ləs 
: not involving contact: such as
a
: not requiring touching or interaction between people
contactless meal delivery
… many retailers and restaurants have rolled out home delivery along with contactless options, leaving food orders and grocery deliveries on door steps.—
Dawson White
Dawson White
b
: relating to or being a technological system (as for making payments) where information is transmitted over short distances (as by near field communication) without physical contact
… hold your phone in front of the contactless payment scanner to authorize the purchase.—Robert Patrick
Robert PatrickContactless payment cards are not in wide circulation. Instead, consumers are increasingly making electronic payments with their cellular phones …—Chad Bray and Reuben Kyama
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There's longer software support and NFC for contactless payments, but those perks may not be worth the sluggish performance.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2025
The ability to prevent harm and loss, augment investigations and improve store safety more than balances the brief, limited, contactless intrusion by already ubiquitous security cameras and software as individuals enter.
—Dara Riordan, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Slice has released exclusive apps that accommodate popular contactless payment solutions and enable convenient QR technology to drive self-service experiences among other improvements.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
European users will also get contactless payments via Zepp Pay, a feature that was notably missing from the GTR 4.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
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Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2025
The ability to prevent harm and loss, augment investigations and improve store safety more than balances the brief, limited, contactless intrusion by already ubiquitous security cameras and software as individuals enter.
—Dara Riordan, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Slice has released exclusive apps that accommodate popular contactless payment solutions and enable convenient QR technology to drive self-service experiences among other improvements.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
European users will also get contactless payments via Zepp Pay, a feature that was notably missing from the GTR 4.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Contactless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contactless. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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