redundancy.

1. The provision of additional components or paths so that a system can continue when one fails.

2. The presence of material or elements that add no needed function or information.

3. The ending of a position because the employer no longer requires that role.

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Words that belong together

• system redundancy
• built-in redundancy

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Redundancy kept the oxygen supply running after one pump failed.

The ship lacked redundancy in its navigation system.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable; redundancies for separate duplicated provisions. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.