transcription, транскрипция: [ -dənt ]
adjective
Etymology: Latin redundant-, redundans, present participle of redundare to overflow — more at redound
Date: 1594
1.
a. : exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous
b. : characterized by or containing an excess ; specifically : using more words than necessary
c. : characterized by similarity or repetition
a group of particularly redundant brick buildings
d. chiefly British : no longer needed for a job and hence laid off
2. : profuse , lavish
3. : serving as a duplicate for preventing failure of an entire system (as a spacecraft) upon failure of a single component
• re·dun·dant·ly adverb