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Webster 1913 Edition
Redundant
Re-dun′dant
(-dant)
, Adj.
1.
Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant;
as, a
. redundant
quantity of bile or foodNotwithstanding 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 1828 Edition
Redundant
REDUND'ANT
,Adj.
1.
Superfluous; 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.
Redundant words, in writing or discourse, are such as are synonymous with others used, or such as add nothing to the sense or force of the expression.
2.
Using more words or images than are necessary or useful.Where an author is redundant, mark those paragraphs to be retrenched.
3.
In music, a redundant chord is one which contains a greater number of tones, semitones or lesser intervals, than it does in its natural state, as from fa to sol sharp. It is called by some authors, a chord extremely sharp.Definition 2024
redundant
redundant
English
Adjective
redundant (comparative more redundant, superlative most redundant)
- Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
- (of words, writing, etc) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
- (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed; as in "rendered redundant".
- Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up 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:
Antonyms
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Translations
superfluous
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needlessly wordy
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Catalan
Etymology
Adjective
redundant m, f (masculine and feminine plural redundants)
Derived terms
Related terms
- redundància
- redundar
Romanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowing from English redundant and French redondant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re.dunˈdant/
Adjective
redundant m, n (feminine singular redundantă, masculine plural redundanți, feminine and neuter plural redundante)
Declension
declension of redundant
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | redundant | redundantă | redundanți | redundante | ||
| definite | redundantul | redundanta | redundanții | redundantele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | redundant | redundante | redundanți | redundante | ||
| definite | redundantului | redundantei | redundanților | redundantelor | |||
Related terms
- redundanță