Redundancy in English dictionary

  • redundancy

    Meanings and definitions of "Redundancy"

    • The state of being redundant; a superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language; excessive wordiness.
    • Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.
    • Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors.
    • (chiefly UK, Australian, New Zealand) The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.
    • noun
      The state of being redundant; a superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language; excessive wordiness.
    • noun
      Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.
    • noun
      Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors.
    • noun
      (chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand)
      The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.
    • noun
      (law)
      surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.
    • The state of being redundant
    • Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components
    • Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors
    • The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary
    • relative redundancy (in information theory)
    • noun
      (electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails
    • noun
      repetition of an act needlessly
    • noun
      repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
    • noun
      the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers"

    Synonyms of "Redundancy" in English dictionary

    constellation, overplus, repeating are the top synonyms of "Redundancy" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Redundancy

    • redundancy ( plural  redundancies)
    • redundancy (plural redundancies)
  • Redundancy

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