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re·dun·dan·cy (re-dunґdən-se) [L. redundare to overflow] the presence of multiple copies of a gene in a genome, or of the same or similar DNA sequences.Medical dictionary. 2011.
redundancy — re‧dun‧dan‧cy [rɪˈdʌndənsi] noun redundancies PLURALFORM [countable, uncountable] especially BrE HUMAN RESOURCES when someone loses their job in a company because the job is no longer needed: • Over 2000 car workers now face redundancy. • Sev … Financial and business terms
Redundancy — may refer to: Redundancy (engineering) Redundancy (information theory) Redundancy (language) Redundancy (total quality management) Redundancy (user interfaces) Data redundancy Gene redundancy Logic redundancy Redundant acronym syndrome syndrome… … Wikipedia
redundancy — I noun duplication, excess, excessiveness, immoderation, inordinacy, inordinate amount, needlessness, nimiety, overplus, oversupply, pleonasm, recurrence, redundance, redundantia, reiteration, repetition, restatement, retelling, superabundance,… … Law dictionary
redundancy — • ‘She is lively and vital enough to be a member of a terrorist gang.’ ‘Lively and vital,’ said Harvey, ‘lively and vital one of these words is redundant.’ Muriel Spark, 1984. English idiom is characterized by redundancy, or apparent redundancy,… … Modern English usage
Redundancy — См. Резервирование Термины атомной энергетики. Концерн Росэнергоатом, 2010 … Термины атомной энергетики
redundancy — theory of truth … Philosophy dictionary
redundancy — *verbiage, tautology, pleonasm, circumlocution, periphrasis Analogous words: wordiness, verbosity, prolixity, diffuseness (see corresponding adjectives at WORDY): inflatedness or inflation, turgidity, tumidity, flatulence (see corresponding… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
redundancy — [ri dun′dən sē] n. pl. redundancies [L redundantia] 1. the state or quality of being redundant; superfluity 2. a redundant quantity; overabundance 3. the use of redundant words 4. the part of a redundant statement that is superfluous 5. Brit.… … English World dictionary
redundancy — noun (BrE) ADJECTIVE ▪ large scale, major, mass, massive ▪ The closure of the mine led to large scale redundancies. ▪ possible, threatened ▪ … Collocations dictionary
redundancy */*/ — UK [rɪˈdʌndənsɪ] / US noun Word forms redundancy : singular redundancy plural redundancies 1) [countable/uncountable] British a situation in which someone is told to leave their job because they are no longer needed face redundancy: Over 500… … English dictionary
redundancy — noun /ˈriˌdʌndən̩si,ˈrɪdʌndən̩(t)si/ a) The state of being redundant; a superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language; excessive wordiness … Wiktionary
