redundancy

Meanings

Plural: redundancies

Noun

• repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
• the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded
  • "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers"
• (electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails
• repetition of an act needlessly
• The state of being redundant
• A superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language
• Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.
• Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors.
• The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.
• surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.

Synonyms

backup, dead wood, pro-chrono continuum, redundance, retirement, sacking, superfluity, superfluousness

Antonyms

employment, hiring, non-redundancy