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re·dun·dant    Audio Help   [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]

re·dun·dant·ly, adverb

1. verbose, repetitive. See wordy. 2. excessive; useless; superfluous, tautologous.
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re·dun·dant    Audio Help   (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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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).

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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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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
redundant [rəˈdandənt] adjective
(of workers) no longer employed because there is no longer any job for them where they used to work
Example: Fifty men have just been made redundant at the local factory.
Arabic: زائِد، عاطِل عن العَمَل
Chinese (Simplified): 多余的
Chinese (Traditional): 多餘的
Czech: přebytečný
Danish: afskediget
Dutch: overtollig
Estonian: koondatud
Finnish: irtisanottu
French: licencié
German: freigesetzt
Greek: πλεονάζων, υπεράριθμος, απολυμένος
Hungarian: létszám fölötti
Icelandic: atvinnulaus
Indonesian: dipecat
Italian: licenziato
Japanese: 失業した
Korean: 불필요한, 남아 도는
Latvian: lieks; nevajadzīgs; zaudējis darbu (štatu samazināšanas dēļ)
Lithuanian: atliekamas, nebereikalingas
Norwegian: overflødig
Polish: zbyteczny, zwolniony z pracy
Portuguese (Brazil): excedente
Portuguese (Portugal): despedido
Romanian: disponibilizat
Russian: лишний
Slovak: prebytočný
Slovenian: odvečen
Spanish: despedido
Swedish: överflödig, övertalig, friställd
Turkish: gereksiz (olan), ihtiyaç fazlası
See also: redundancy

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

Redundant

Re*dound"\ (r?*dound"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Redounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Redounding.] [F. redonder, L. redundare; pref. red-, re-, re- + undare to rise in waves or surges, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate, and cf. Redundant.]

1. To roll back, as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back; to flow back, as a consequence or effect; to conduce; to contribute; to result.

The evil, soon Driven back, redounded as a flood on those From whom it sprung. --Milton.

The honor done to our religion ultimately redounds to God, the author of it. --Rogers.

both . . . will devour great quantities of paper, there will no small use redound from them to that manufacture. --Addison.

2. To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow.

For every dram of honey therein found, A pound of gall doth over it redound. --Spenser.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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