redundant: Meaning and Definition of

re•dun•dant

1. characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas; prolix: a redundant style.
2. being in excess; exceeding what is usual or natural: a redundant part.
3. having some unusual or extra part or feature.
4. characterized by superabundance or superfluity: lush, redundant vegetation.
1. (of a structural member) not necessary for resisting statically determined stresses.
2. (of a structure) having members designed to resist other than statically determined stresses; hyperstatic.
3. noting a complete truss having additional members for resisting eccentric loads. Cf.complete(def. 8),incomplete(def. 3).
4. (of a device, circuit, computer system, etc.) having excess or duplicate parts that can continue to perform in the event of malfunction of some of the parts.
6. characterized by redundancy; predictable.
7. containing more bits or characters than are required, as a parity bit inserted for checking purposes.
8. removed or laid off from a job.