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Red Alert
- noun - the highest level of alert when an attack by the enemy seems immanent (or more generally a state of alert resulting from immanent danger)
- the highest level of alert when an attack by the enemy seems imminent (or more generally a state of alert resulting from imminent danger)
Red Giant
- noun - a large cool star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun
- a large, old, luminous star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun
Red Light
- noun - a cautionary sign of danger
- the signal to stop
Red Shift
- noun - (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths; generally interpreted as the Doppler effect resulting from the velocity at which they recede as the universe expands
- (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum); generally interpreted as evidence that the universe is expanding
Red-Short
- - Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; -- said of certain kinds of iron.
Redbreast
- noun - small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
Redeposit
- verb - deposit anew; "The water had redeposited minerals on the rocks"
- deposit once again; "redeposit a cheque"
Redthroat
- - A small Australian singing bird (Phyrrholaemus brunneus). The upper parts are brown, the center of the throat red.
Reductant
- noun - a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver
Redundant
- adjective - more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
- repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant