redundant
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/
redundant
- Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
- (of words, writing, etc) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
- (chiefly, British, NZ, AU) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
- Four employees were made redundant.
- Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing backup in the event the other component fails.
- 2013, Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, page 142:
- The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.
- 2013, Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, page 142:
- (dismissed from employment) surplus to requirements
- French: redondant
- German: überflüssig
- Italian: ridondante, iperverboso, copioso, sovrabbondante, pleonastico
- Portuguese: redundante
- Russian: изли́шний
- Spanish: superfluo, redundante
- German: redundant, überzählig
- Spanish: redundante
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