1 In general, excess information, that is, information expressed more than once and which hence could easily be forgone in some occurrences. However, since linguistic communication is constantly hampered by disruptive noises, idiolectal and other...

// n. The phenomenon by which the same information is expressed more than once in a single sentence or utterance. For example, in the sentence I saw Lisa yesterday, the past-tense marking on the verb redundantly repeats the indication of past time...

A term used in INFORMATION THEORY to describe the degree to which a message can be reduced without loss of content. It is a term used in analysis of NEURAL CODING and, in a related way, in neuroanatomy. During NEURODEVELOPMENT, many more synapses (see...

n. The central property of speech and language by which more information is provided than is strictly necessary for the message to be understood, so that, if some information is lost or misheard, the remaining information will still often be sufficient...

Redundancy may refer to: Redundancy (engineering) Redundancy (information theory) Redundancy (language) Redundancy (total quality management) Redundancy (user interfaces) Data redundancy Logic redundancy Layoff, dismissal of an employee for lack of...