(of a mechanism, material, etc) moving smoothly and uninterruptedly
electronics of or relating to a periodic signal that is not synchronized to a timing source
free-running interference produces moving patterns on a television screen
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Five minutes later, a free-running Fountas missed the far corner by a whisker.
From Washington Post • May 18, 2022
Hale, 20, who got into rooftopping through parkour, or free-running, acknowledges that its growing popularity poses new challenges.
From The Guardian • Feb. 25, 2017
The best arrow in Bob Baffert’s quill, Cupid is a free-running colt but also a lightly raced one.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2016
Many clocks are simply free-running and gradually drift away from the correct time of day.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2011
He paused near Tom and spun one of the free-running wheels of the buckboard, and he inspected Tom as though he saw him for the first time.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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