redundancy
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɹɪˈdʌnd(ə)nsi/
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Audio (AU): (file) - Hyphenation: re‧dun‧dan‧cy
Noun
redundancy (countable and uncountable, plural redundancies)
- 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.
- 2006, Lauren Bean, Richard E. Friedman, Chapter 5: School Safety in the Twenty First Century: Adapting to New Security Challenges Post-9/11, James J. F. Forest (editor), Homeland Security: Protecting America′s Targets, Volume 2: Public Spaces and Social Institutions, page 108,
- Staff redundancy is needed in the event that a supervisor and key unit supervisors are not present or unable to act in an emergency.
- 2006, Lauren Bean, Richard E. Friedman, Chapter 5: School Safety in the Twenty First Century: Adapting to New Security Challenges Post-9/11, James J. F. Forest (editor), Homeland Security: Protecting America′s Targets, Volume 2: Public Spaces and Social Institutions, page 108,
- Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors.
- (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand) The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.
- 1981, New Zealand House of Representatives. Parliamentary Debates, Volume 442, page 4212,
- Has he received any representation from Air New Zealand management about redundancy proposals for Air New Zealand staff; and, if so, do these proposals include redundancy agreements?
- 1983, UK House of Commons, Papers by Command, Volume 40, page lvi,
- The potential savings did not take into account once-and-for-all staff redundancy costs of £16.5 million and unspecified costs involved in increasing stock levels […] .
- 2003, K. Brendow, Restructuring Estonia′s Oil Shale Industry: What Lessons from the Restructuring the Coal Industries in Central and Eastern Europe?, Oil Shale, page 307,
- In Estonia, in addition, the ethnical aspects of staff redundancy programmes have to be taken into account.
- 1981, New Zealand House of Representatives. Parliamentary Debates, Volume 442, page 4212,
- (law) surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.
Synonyms
- (state of being redundant): redundance (rare), pro-chrono continuum (rare), superfluity, superfluousness
- (thing that is redundant): dead wood, superfluity
- (duplication in case of transmission error):
- (state of being unemployed): retirement
- (instance or act of dismissal): sacking
Antonyms
- (state of being redundant): non-redundancy
- (state of being unemployed): employment
- (instance or act of dismissal): hiring
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- Common Access Redundancy Protocol
- cyclic redundancy check/CRC
- Department of Redundancy Department
- redundancy check
Translations
state of being redundant
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duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components
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duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors
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state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary
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References
redundancy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
