Used in a Sentence

headless

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for headless.

Editorial note

And please, if you have to use Selenium, use headless Firefox, because PhantomJS is very bad software.

Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Without a head (body part).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of headless gathered in one view.

adjective

Without a head (body part).

adjective

Synonym of decapitated.

adjective

Without leadership.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for headless.

Example sentences

1

And please, if you have to use Selenium, use headless Firefox, because PhantomJS is very bad software.

2

Afterwards, Flow uses a client-server setup, which makes it really annoying to run in a headless and automated environment.

3

That's going to inhibit adoption for anyone who knows how quickly headless browsers can complete integration tests.

4

It is thus off-screen and out of the way when you're using it, but apparently is more true-to-reality than headless.

5

Basically it's a python server that interfaces with a headless instance of LibreOffice Calc.

6

I've used Selenium, but I just assumed that headless browsers were exactly: real browsers minus the UI.

7

You can actually do it with any mac hardware (even headless devices like Mac Mini's and Mac Pro's) but it's not advertised well enough.

8

Soon headless, socketed solutions will be the preferred form factor for HPC.

9

Are there no headless browsers that let you accomplish the same thing?

10

One example would be the carving of vultures and headless bodies.

11

So I built a Selenium driver out of Java only (using JavaFX's embedded WebKit) and used a headless JRE windowing toolkit (Monocle).

12

They have to be using a headless type of actual browser for that - and it's a safe bet they aren't using firefox or IE or safari.

Quote examples

1

Google bot is a headless vesion of chrome - so while they can see that stuff, they also know when stuff isn't "visible" to the user and treat it accordingly.

Proper noun examples

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Headless stuff tends to work way better than the GUI stuff.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use headless in a sentence?

And please, if you have to use Selenium, use headless Firefox, because PhantomJS is very bad software.

What does headless mean?

Without a head (body part).

What part of speech is headless?

headless is commonly used as adjective.