redundant

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.

   It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; […]

2. 2
   adj

   Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.

   Four employees were made redundant.

3. 3
   adj

   Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing backup in the event the other component fails.

   The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.

4. 4
   adj

   repetition of same sense in different words

5. 5
   adj

   more than is needed, desired, or required

6. 6
   adj

   Repetitive or needlessly wordy.

7. 7
   adj

   Containing duplicate pathways to send a message.

Etymology

From Latin redundāns, present participle of redundō (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undō (“to surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).