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Princeton's WordNet

  1. redundancy, redundancenoun

    the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded

    "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers"

Wiktionary

  1. redundancenoun

    Redundancy.

  2. Etymology: From redundantia.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Redundance, Redundancynoun

    Superfluity; superabundance.

    Etymology: redundantia, Lat. from redundant.

    The cause of generation seemeth to be fulness; for generation is from redundancy: this fulness ariseth from the nature of the creature, if it be hot, and moist and sanguine; or from plenty of food. Francis Bacon.

    It is a quality, that confines a man wholly within himself, leaving him void of that principle, which alone should dispose him to communicate and impart those redundancies of good, that he is possessed of. South.

    I shall show our poets redundance of wit, justness of comparisons, and elegance of descriptions. Samuel Garth.

    Labour ferments the humours, casts them into their proper channels, and throws off redundancies. Addison.

ChatGPT

  1. redundance

    Redundance refers to the state or characteristic of being superfluous, unneeded, unnecessary or excessive, particularly in the context of being more than is needed, desired, or required. It can describe duplicated or repetitive elements in various fields such as information system, linguistics, writing and communication.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Redundancenoun

    alt. of Redundancy

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Redundance

    rē-dun′dans, n. quality of being superfluous: superabundance—also Redun′dancy.—adj. Redun′dant, superfluous, as in words or images: (Milt.) flowing back, as a wave.—adv. Redun′dantly. [Fr.,—L. redund-ans, -antis, pr.p. of redundāre, to redound.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of redundance in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of redundance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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