Hypertext Webster Gateway: "redundancy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Redundance \Re*dun"dance\ (r?*d?n"dans), Redundancy
\Re*dun"dan*cy\ (-dan*s?), n. [L. redundantia: cf. F.
redondance.]
1. The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity;
superabundance; excess.
2. That which is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous
or superabundant.
Labor . . . throws off redundacies. --Addison.
3. (Law) Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be
rejected by the court without impairing the validity of
what remains.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
redundancy
n 1: repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors
in transmission
2: the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; "the use of
industrial robots created redundancy among workers" [syn:
{redundance}]
3: (electronics) a system design that duplicates components to
provide alternatives in case one component fails
4: repetition of an act needlessly
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