redundancy
/ɹɪˈdəndənsi/
the inclusion of extra components for reliability
redundancy in a sentence
“The aircraft has triple redundancy in its flight control systems.”
Origin of redundancy
Latin redundantia overflowing from re- again + undare to surge
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