redundancy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The state of being redundant.

2. 2

   A superfluity

   A superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language.

   • […] the fulneſs of the creature is limited, it ariſeth juſt to ſuch a degree and proportion, but Gods fulneſs is infinite, as it hath its Reſplendency, ſo its Redundancy, it knows neither bounds nor bottom.
3. 3

   A duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case…

   A duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.

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   1. 4

      Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors.

   2. 5

      The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary

      The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.

      • 1983, UK House of Commons, Papers by Command, Volume 40, page lvi, The potential savings did not take into account once-and-for-all staff redundancy costs of £16.5 million and unspecified costs involved in increasing stock levels […] .
      • In Estonia, in addition, the ethnical aspects of staff redundancy programmes have to be taken into account.
   3. 6

      surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing…

      surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.

The neighborhood

• synonymbackupduplication in case of transmission error
• synonymretirementstate of being unemployed
• antonymnon-redundancyantonym(s) of “state of being redundant”
• antonymemploymentantonym(s) of “state of being unemployed”
• antonymhiringantonym(s) of “instance or act of dismissal”
• neighborspace redundancy
• neighbortime redundancy