"redundancy" meaning in English

See redundancy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /rɪˈdʌnd(ə)nsi/ [UK], /rɪˈdʌndən(t)si/ [US] Audio: en-au-redundancy.ogg [Australia] Forms: redundancy [singular], redundancies [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|2=redundancies}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Redundancy is being redundant:
    Redundancy is when you do something more times than you need to.
    Sense id: simple-redundancy-en-noun-ulOu3~RN
  2. Redundancy is being redundant:
    Redundancy is when the same information is given more than once.
    Sense id: simple-redundancy-en-noun-aQcNMGPY
  3. Redundancy is being redundant:
    Redundancy is when several parts of something (such as a machine) do the same this. This way it will still work if some parts are broken or gone.
    Sense id: simple-redundancy-en-noun-gLm1vAze
     
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