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Repetition and Redundancy Definitions

Repetition

The act or process or an instance of repeating or being repeated.

Redundancy

The state of being redundant.

Repetition

A recitation or recital, especially of prepared or memorized material.

Redundancy

Something redundant or excessive; a superfluity.

Repetition

The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
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Redundancy

Repetition of linguistic information inherent in the structure of a language, as singularity in the sentence It works.

Repetition

(weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.

Redundancy

Excessive wordiness or repetition in expression.

Repetition

To petition again.

Redundancy

The state or fact of being unemployed because work is no longer offered or considered necessary.
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Repetition

The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.
I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to tire in repetition.

Redundancy

A dismissal of an employee from work for being no longer necessary; a layoff.

Repetition

Recital from memory; rehearsal.

Redundancy

(Electronics) Duplication or repetition of elements in electronic equipment to provide alternative functional channels in case of failure.

Repetition

The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.
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Redundancy

Repetition of parts or all of a message to circumvent transmission errors.

Repetition

Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.

Redundancy

(Genetics) See degeneracy.

Repetition

The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.

Redundancy

The state of being redundant

Repetition

An event that repeats;
The events today were a repeat of yesterday's

Redundancy

A superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language

Repetition

The act of doing or performing again

Redundancy

Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.

Repetition

The repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

Redundancy

Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors.

Redundancy

The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.

Redundancy

(law) surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.

Redundancy

Repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission

Redundancy

The attribute of being superfluous and unneeded;
The use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers

Redundancy

(electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails

Redundancy

Repetition of an act needlessly

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