redundancy
21redundancy — redundant ► ADJECTIVE 1) not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous. 2) chiefly Brit. made unemployed because one s job is superfluous to requirements. DERIVATIVES redundancy noun (pl. redundancies) redundantly adverb. ORIGIN originally in… …
22redundancy — noun 1. repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission (Freq. 1) • Derivationally related forms: ↑redundant • Hypernyms: ↑repetitiveness, ↑repetitiousness 2. the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded (Freq. 1) …
23Redundancy (information theory) — Redundancy in information theory is the number of bits used to transmit a message minus the number of bits of actual information in the message. Informally, it is the amount of wasted space used to transmit certain data. Data compression is a way …
24redundancy payment — UK US noun [C] (also redundancy pay [U]) ► HR money that a company pays to workers who have lost their jobs because they are no longer needed: eligible for/entitled to a redundancy payment »An employee becomes eligible for a redundancy payment… …
25redundancy payments — Whilst an employer may offer more under the employment agreement or ex gratia, the minimum statutory entitlement redundancy payments under the Employment Rights Act 1996 are as follows: 0.5 of a week s pay per year of service between 18 and 21; 1 …
26redundancy package — UK US noun [C] ► HR all the payments and advantages that a company gives to workers who have lost their jobs because they are no longer needed: »If the redundancy package is very generous many staff will opt for that and not even consider… …
27redundancy payment — noun A minimum statutory payment to be made to an employee who is made redundant, its amount based on age, pay, and length of service • • • Main Entry: ↑redundant …
28Redundancy (language) — In the study of language, redundancy is considered a vital feature of language. It shields a message from possible flaws in transmission (unclarity, ambiguity, noise). In this way, it increases the odds of predictability of a message s meaning.… …
29Redundancy (engineering) — In engineering, redundancy is the duplication of critical s of a system with the intention of increasing reliability of the system, usually in the case of a backup or fail safe. In many safety critical systems, such as fly by wire aircraft, some… …
30Redundancy theory of truth — According to the redundancy theory of truth, or the disquotational theory of truth, asserting that a statement is true is completely equivalent to asserting the statement itself. For example, asserting the sentence   Snow is white is true is …
