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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
Reechoing
- verb - (of sounds) repeating by reflection; "a hotel with echoing halls"
- echo repeatedly, echo again and again
- repeat back like an echo
- repeat or return an echo again or repeatedly; send (an echo) back
Reef-Band
- - A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.
Reentrant
- adjective - (of angles) pointing inward; "a polygon with re-entrant angles"
Reexamine
- verb - look at again; examine again; "let's review your situation"
Referment
- - The act of referring; reference.
Referring
- verb - be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
- have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "
- make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
- seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes"
- send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision; "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee"
- think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species"
- use a name to designate; "Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary"
Refilling
- verb - fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"
- filling again by supplying what has been used up
Refitment
- - The act of refitting, or the state of being refitted.