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5 dictionary results for: Redundant
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
re·dun·dant       [ri-duhn-duhnt] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas; prolix: a redundant style.
2.being in excess; exceeding what is usual or natural: a redundant part.
3.having some unusual or extra part or feature.
4.characterized by superabundance or superfluity: lush, redundant vegetation.
5.Engineering.
a.(of a structural member) not necessary for resisting statically determined stresses.
b.(of a structure) having members designed to resist other than statically determined stresses; hyperstatic.
c.noting a complete truss having additional members for resisting eccentric loads. Compare complete (def. 8), incomplete (def. 3).
d.(of a device, circuit, computer system, etc.) having excess or duplicate parts that can continue to perform in the event of malfunction of some of the parts.
6.Linguistics. characterized by redundancy; predictable.
7.Computers. containing more bits or characters than are required, as a parity bit inserted for checking purposes.
8.Chiefly British. removed or laid off from a job.
[Origin: 1595–1605; < L redundant- (s. of redundāns), prp. of redundāre to flow back, overflow, be excessive. See redound, -ant]

—Related forms
re·dun·dant·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. verbose, repetitive. See wordy. 2. excessive; useless; superfluous, tautologous.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
re·dun·dant       (rĭ-dŭn'dənt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Exceeding what is necessary or natural; superfluous.
  2. Needlessly wordy or repetitive in expression: a student paper filled with redundant phrases.
  3. Of or relating to linguistic redundancy.
  4. Chiefly British Dismissed or laid off from work, as for being no longer needed.
  5. Electronics Of or involving redundancy in electronic equipment.
  6. Of or involving redundancy in the transmission of messages.


[Latin redundāns, redundant-, present participle of redundāre, to overflow : re-, red-, re- + undāre, to surge (from unda, wave; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots).]

re·dun'dant·ly adv.
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redundant 
1594, from L. redundantem (nom. redundans), prp. of redundare "come back, contribute," lit. "overflow," from re- "again" + undare "rise in waves," from unda "a wave" (see water).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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redundant

adjective
1. more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess] 
2. repetition of same sense in different words; "'a true fact' and 'a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase 'a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant [syn: pleonastic] 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Redundant

Re*dun"dant\ (-dant), a. [L. redundans, -antis, p. pr. of redundare: cf. F. redondant. See Redound.]

1. Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food.

Notwithstanding the redundant oil in fishes, they do not increase fat so much as flesh. --Arbuthnot.

2. Using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic.

Where an suthor is redundant, mark those paragraphs to be retrenched. --I. Watts.

Syn: Superfluous; superabundant; excessive; exuberant; overflowing; plentiful; copious.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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