redundancy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
Types & categories
- repetitiveness hypernym
Related & opposite
- excess derivation
Sense 2 noun
the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded
the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers
Types & categories
- overplus hypernym
- fifth wheel hyponym
Related & opposite
- pleonastic derivation
- excess derivation
Sense 3 noun
(electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails
Types & categories
- configuration hypernym
Related & opposite
- excess derivation
- electronics domain topic
Sense 4 noun
repetition of an act needlessly
Types & categories
- repeating hypernym
Related & opposite
- pleonastic derivation
- excess derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | excess |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | repetitiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleonastic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | excess |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | overplus |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fifth wheel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | excess |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | electronics |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | configuration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleonastic |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | excess |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | repeating |