Redundancy



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 过剩; 似乎多余其实重要的后备力量
• ［英］ 过剩 ( the state of being redundant; superfluity) ;
• ［同］ 亦作redundance
• ［例］ Redundancy is both wasteful and inefficient.

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -cies)

• Date: circa 1602
• 1.
  • a. the quality or state of being redundant ; superfluity
  • b. the use of redundant components; also such components
  • c. chiefly British dismissal from a job especially by layoff
• 2. profusion, abundance
• 3.
  • a. superfluous repetition ; prolixity
  • b. an act or instance of needless repetition
• 4. the part of a message that can be eliminated without loss of essential information

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